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Carrot Cake

Original in French

Virginie Fouquet · chefnini.com · Pour 8 personnes :

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less sugar than 85% of recipes and no salt, unlike 70%.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 260 carrot cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less sugar than 85% of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • No salt at all, where 70% of recipes use some (most of those 0.3 to 1.8% of the flour weight).
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Carrot: 120%, 62nd percentileSugar: 72%, 14th percentileFat: 72%, 43rd percentileEgg: 80%, 76th percentileSpice: 2.1%, 58th percentileLeavening: 4.4%, 39th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 300 g de carottes râpées300 g
  • 180 g d’huile de pépin de raisin180 g
  • 180 g de sucre cassonade180 g
  • 250 g de farine250 g
  • 1 sachet de levure chimique11 g
  • 4 œufs≈ 200 g
  • 2 cuillères à café de cannelle en poudre≈ 5 g
  • 2 cuillères à café d’extrait de vanille liquide≈ 8 g
  • 60 g de noix de pécan60 g

flour 250 gbatter 1195 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 260 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Carrot120% · 62nd percentile
  • Sugar72% · 14th percentile
  • Fat72% · 43rd percentile
  • Egg80% · 76th percentile
  • Spice2.1% · 58th percentile
  • Leavening4.4% · 39th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
not stated
median 40 minutes

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