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Amarula Carrot Cake

Community · nigella.com · Serves: -

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More fat than 92% of recipes and less carrot 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.

  • More fat than 92% of recipes: 116% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • Less carrot than 83% of recipes: 77% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More salt than 87% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
Carrot: 77%, 16th percentileSugar: 88%, 33rd percentileFat: 116%, 93rd percentileEgg: 66%, 43rd percentileSpice: 2.6%, 73rd percentileLeavening: 5.9%, 72nd percentileSalt: 2%, 88th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 625 millilitres cake flour≈ 301 g
  • 10 millilitres baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 7 millilitres bicarbonate of soda≈ 9 g
  • 15 millilitres mixed spice≈ 8 g
  • 5 millilitres salt≈ 6 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 315 millilitres caster sugar≈ 266 g
  • 315 millilitres oil≈ 290 g
  • 500 millilitres carrots Finely grated≈ 233 g
  • 250 millilitres pineapples (fresh, or apple(s), well drained)≈ 250 g
  • 250 millilitres pecan nuts Chopped≈ 127 g
  • 65 millilitres amarula cream liqueur≈ 65 g
  • 125 millilitres apricot jam≈ 125 g
  • 60 grams butter60 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 500 millilitres icing sugar≈ 254 g
  • 20 millilitres amarula cream liqueur≈ 20 g
  • 125 grams cream cheese Or cream cottage cheese125 g

flour 301 gbatter 1950 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.

  • Carrot77% · 16th percentile
  • Sugar88% · 33rd percentile
  • Fat116% · 93rd percentile
  • Egg66% · 43rd percentile
  • Spice2.6% · 73rd percentile
  • Leavening5.9% · 72nd percentile
  • Salt2% · 88th percentile

Oven

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

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