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Carrot cake

Original in Italian

Flavia Imperatore · misya.info · 2011 · uno stampo da 24 cm

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and more carrot than 81%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 8.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More carrot than 81% of recipes: 135% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • No salt at all, where 70% of recipes use some (most of those 0.3 to 1.8% of the flour weight).
  • More spice than 79% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Carrot: 135%, 82nd percentileSugar: 115%, 55th percentileFat: 85%, 56th percentileEgg: 77%, 65th percentileSpice: 3%, 80th percentileLeavening: 8.5%, 97th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 350 gr di carote350 g
  • 100 gr di noci100 g
  • 4 uova≈ 200 g
  • 300 gr di zucchero300 g
  • 240 ml di olio di semi≈ 221 g
  • 260 gr di farina260 g
  • 1 cucchiaino di vaniglia≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cucchiaio di cannella≈ 8 g
  • 1 cucchiaino di bicarbonato≈ 6 g
  • 1 bustina di lievito per dolci16 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 500 gr di philadelphia500 g
  • 70 gr di burro70 g
  • 200 gr di zucchero a velo200 g
  • 1 cucchiaio di essenza di vaniglia≈ 13 g
  • carotine di marzapanen/a

flour 260 gbatter 1465 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.

  • Carrot135% · 82nd percentile
  • Sugar115% · 55th percentile
  • Fat85% · 56th percentile
  • Egg77% · 65th percentile
  • Spice3% · 80th percentile
  • Leavening8.5% · 97th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

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

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