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Carrot cake avec glaçage : la recette facile

Original in French

Marine · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 6 personnes

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less sugar than 95% of recipes and less carrot than 85%.

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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.
  • Less carrot than 85% of recipes: 76% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More egg than 86% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • No spice at all, where 78% of recipes use some (most of those 1.5 to 3% of the flour weight).
Carrot: 76%, 14th percentileSugar: 54%, 4th percentileFat: 46%, 15th percentileEgg: 83%, 88th percentileSpice: 0%, 11th percentileLeavening: 4.6%, 42nd percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 130 g sucre brun130 g
  • 12 cl huile de tournesol≈ 111 g
  • 4 unité oeuf≈ 200 g
  • jus d'une orangen/a
  • zeste d’une orangen/a
  • 1 sachet sucre vanillé8 g
  • 240 g farine240 g
  • 1 sachet levure11 g
  • 4 c à c mélange 4 épices (+ cannelle si besoin)≈ 20 g
  • 3 unité carotte râpée≈ 183 g
  • 2 cuillère noix en petits morceaux≈ 15 g
  • 2 cuillère raisin sec≈ 30 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 300 g fromage type philadelphia300 g
  • 150 g sucre glace150 g
  • 70 g coco râpée70 g

flour 240 gbatter 947 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.

  • Carrot76% · 14th percentile
  • Sugar54% · 4th percentile
  • Fat46% · 15th percentile
  • Egg83% · 88th percentile
  • Spice0% · 11th percentile
  • Leavening4.6% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
40 minutes
median 40 minutes

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