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Best Carrot Cake Recipe (from scratch)

joyfoodsunshine.com · 2022 · 16 servings

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less carrot than 88% of recipes and more salt than 83%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less carrot than 88% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More salt than 83% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3 times as much.
Carrot: 70%, 11th percentileSugar: 131%, 66th percentileFat: 73%, 44th percentileEgg: 64%, 39th percentileSpice: 1.7%, 46th percentileLeavening: 5.3%, 63rd percentileSalt: 1.9%, 85th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour≈ 156 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • ½ cup salted butter (melted)≈ 114 g
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar≈ 150 g
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar≈ 55 g
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce≈ 128 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup carrots (finely grated)≈ 110 g
  • 1 cup add-ins (crushed pecans, walnuts, raisins, etc.) ((optional))≈ 110 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Cream Cheese Frosting Recipen/a

flour 156 gbatter 940 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% · 11th percentile
  • Sugar131% · 66th percentile
  • Fat73% · 44th percentile
  • Egg64% · 39th percentile
  • Spice1.7% · 46th percentile
  • Leavening5.3% · 63rd percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 85th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 40 minutes

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