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Carrot cake

Original in French

Marie · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 8 personnes

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less sugar than 95% of recipes and more salt than 97%.

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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 95% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%, about half as much.
  • More salt than 97% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 4 times as much.
  • More egg than 86% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • More spice than 83% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Carrot: 100%, 40th percentileSugar: 54%, 4th percentileFat: 73%, 45th percentileEgg: 83%, 88th percentileSpice: 3.3%, 84th percentileLeavening: 3.8%, 26th percentileSalt: 2.5%, 98th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (19)

  • 130 g sucre brun (ou cassonade)130 g
  • 12 cl huile de tournesol≈ 111 g
  • 4 unité oeuf≈ 200 g
  • 2 c à s jus d'orange≈ 30 g
  • 240 g carotte râpée (voire mixée)240 g
  • 3/4 unité zeste d'une orangen/a
  • 1/2 c à c extrait de vanille≈ 2.1 g
  • 240 g farine240 g
  • 2 c à c levure chimique≈ 9 g
  • 1 c à c sel≈ 6 g
  • 2 c à c cannelle en poudre≈ 5 g
  • 1/2 c à c noix de muscade en poudre≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 c à c cardamome en poudre≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 c à c poivre noir moulu≈ 2.5 g
  • 30 g noix hachée30 g
  • 30 g raisin sec30 g
  • 65 g beurre mou65 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 100 g philadelphia100 g
  • 50 g sucre glace50 g

flour 240 gbatter 1103 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.

  • Carrot100% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar54% · 4th percentile
  • Fat73% · 45th percentile
  • Egg83% · 88th percentile
  • Spice3.3% · 84th percentile
  • Leavening3.8% · 26th percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 98th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 to 50 minutes
median 40 minutes

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