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Baerbel's Carrot Cake

exiledcal · nigella.com · Serves: 6

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More fat than 95% of recipes and more leavening than 95%.

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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 95% of recipes: 131% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 8.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More sugar than 81% of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 4 times as much.
Carrot: 132%, 75th percentileSugar: 160%, 86th percentileFat: 131%, 96th percentileEgg: 80%, 76th percentileSpice: 2.2%, 64th percentileLeavening: 8.5%, 97th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 2 cups flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 2 cups superfine sugar≈ 400 g
  • 4 eggs≈ 200 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1½ cups vegetable oil≈ 327 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 3 cups grated carrots≈ 330 g
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 1 cup chopped nuts ( pecans or walnuts)≈ 120 g
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg≈ 0.4 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 ounces cream cheese227 g
  • 8 tablespoons butter≈ 114 g
  • 1 pound confectioners' sugar454 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 250 gbatter 1660 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.

  • Carrot132% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 86th percentile
  • Fat131% · 96th percentile
  • Egg80% · 76th percentile
  • Spice2.2% · 64th percentile
  • Leavening8.5% · 97th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile

Oven

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

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