Carrot Cake Lab260 recipes
← All carrot cake recipes

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2017 · 12

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less carrot than 89% of recipes and less egg than 94%.

See how all 260 carrot cake recipes compare →

Get the method at iambaker.net →This page has the ingredients and the numbers. The instructions and photos are on the original recipe, which Recipe Lab does not republish.

How it compares

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

  • Less carrot than 89% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • Less egg than 94% of recipes: 43% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 3.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More salt than 78% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3 times as much.
Carrot: 70%, 10th percentileSugar: 114%, 54th percentileFat: 71%, 41st percentileEgg: 43%, 6th percentileSpice: 1.7%, 46th percentileLeavening: 3.4%, 18th percentileSalt: 1.7%, 80th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar400 g
  • 1 ¼ cups (250 g) vegetable oil250 g
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 150 g
  • 2 ¾ cups (352 g) all-purpose flour352 g
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 cup raisins≈ 150 g
  • 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts≈ 120 g
  • 2 ¼ cups finely grated carrots≈ 248 g
  • ½ cup pineapple, (drained from a can or freshly diced)≈ 119 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 ounces cream cheese, (softened)227 g
  • ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) butter, (room temperature)113 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 4 cups (512 g) confectioners' sugar512 g

flour 352 gbatter 1816 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.

  • Carrot70% · 10th percentile
  • Sugar114% · 54th percentile
  • Fat71% · 41st percentile
  • Egg43% · 6th percentile
  • Spice1.7% · 46th percentile
  • Leavening3.4% · 18th percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 80th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
55 to 60 minutes
median 40 minutes

Keep exploring

Recipes most like this one

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

Do something with it

Or browse all 260 carrot cake recipes.