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Easy Carrot Cake Recipe

Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2025 · 12 to 16

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less fat than 80% 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 fat than 80% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More salt than 83% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3 times as much.
  • More spice than 77% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Carrot: 106%, 48th percentileSugar: 102%, 48th percentileFat: 52%, 20th percentileEgg: 64%, 39th percentileSpice: 2.9%, 78th percentileLeavening: 4.9%, 52nd percentileSalt: 1.9%, 85th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (16)

  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 313 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt≈ 6 g
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger≈ 2.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • 1 cup light or dark brown sugar≈ 220 g
  • ½ cup granulated sugar≈ 100 g
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil (plus more for the pans)≈ 164 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce≈ 255 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 3 cups grated carrots (about 9 ounces)≈ 330 g
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (plus more for garnish)≈ 120 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Cream Cheese Frostingn/a

flour 313 gbatter 1740 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.

  • Carrot106% · 48th percentile
  • Sugar102% · 48th percentile
  • Fat52% · 20th percentile
  • Egg64% · 39th percentile
  • Spice2.9% · 78th percentile
  • Leavening4.9% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 85th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 40 minutes

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