BEST Brazilian Carrot Cake

easyanddelish.com · 2021 · 12 slices

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More carrot than 96% of recipes and more sugar than 91%.

How it compares

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

More carrot than 96% of recipes: 191% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
More sugar than 91% of recipes: 162% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
No spice at all, where 78% of recipes use some (most of those 1.5 to 3% of the flour weight).
Less leavening than 79% of recipes: 3.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

17.5 oz carrots (peeled and coarsely chopped (weight them after peeling))496 g
1 cup vegetable oil≈ 218 g
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
3 large eggs at room temperature≈ 150 g
1 large egg yolk≈ 18 g
2 cups sugar≈ 400 g
2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour (around 9 ounces or 260 g)260 g
2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips (another type of chocolate will overpower the cake)≈ 85 g
1 cup milk≈ 244 g
2 tsp cornstarch (dissolved in 2 tsp water)≈ 5 g
1 tbsp unsalted butter≈ 14 g
1 tbsp honey≈ 21 g

flour 260 gbatter 1934 g

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

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

Nearest by baker's percentages: carrot, sugar, fat, egg, spice, leavening, salt.