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Gateau aux carottes

Original in French

Ptitchef_com · ptitchef.com · 2012 · 8

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less fat than 90% of recipes and more carrot than 86%.

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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 90% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%, about half as much.
  • More carrot than 86% of recipes: 150% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • No spice at all, where 78% of recipes use some (most of those 1.5 to 3% of the flour weight).
  • No salt at all, where 70% of recipes use some (most of those 0.3 to 1.8% of the flour weight).
Carrot: 150%, 88th percentileSugar: 100%, 43rd percentileFat: 40%, 9th percentileEgg: 75%, 61st percentileSpice: 0%, 11th percentileLeavening: 5.5%, 67th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 300g de carottes (3 carottes moyennes)300 g
  • 200 gr de sucre roux200 g
  • 200 gr de farine200 g
  • 80 gr de beurre80 g
  • 3 oeufs≈ 150 g
  • 1 sachet de levure11 g

flour 200 gbatter 941 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.

  • Carrot150% · 88th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 43rd percentile
  • Fat40% · 9th percentile
  • Egg75% · 61st percentile
  • Spice0% · 11th percentile
  • Leavening5.5% · 67th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

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

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