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Carrot cake, gateau aux carottes

Original in French

Ptitchef_com · ptitchef.com · 2015 · 8

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less sugar than 93% of recipes and more salt than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 93% of recipes: 60% 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.
  • Fat in the middle half of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Carrot: 100%, 40th percentileSugar: 60%, 6th percentileFat: 58%, 26th percentileEgg: 60%, 28th percentileSpice: 1%, 31st percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 23rd percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 100gr de beurre100 g
  • 3 oeufs≈ 150 g
  • 50ml d'huile de tournesol≈ 46 g
  • 2 cuillères à café de levure≈ 9 g
  • 1 cuillère à café de cannelle≈ 2.6 g
  • 1 cuillère à café d'extrait de vanille≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cuillère à café de sel≈ 6 g
  • 50gr de sucre cassonade50 g
  • 100gr de sucre blanc100 g
  • 250gr de carottes250 g
  • 250gr de farine250 g
  • 100gr de noix décortiquées100 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 60gr de beurre60 g
  • 80gr de sucre glace80 g
  • 150gr de fromage à la crème (type Phildelphia)150 g

flour 250 gbatter 1068 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.

  • Carrot100% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar60% · 6th percentile
  • Fat58% · 26th percentile
  • Egg60% · 28th percentile
  • Spice1% · 31st percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 23rd percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile

Oven

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

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