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Healthy Carrot Cake

themediterraneandish.com · 2024 · 12

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less sugar than 94% of recipes and less fat than 92%.

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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 94% of recipes: 59% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • Less fat than 92% of recipes: 38% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%, about half as much.
  • More spice than 93% of recipes: 4.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Less leavening than 93% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
Carrot: 76%, 15th percentileSugar: 59%, 5th percentileFat: 38%, 7th percentileEgg: 52%, 15th percentileSpice: 4.3%, 94th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 5th percentileSalt: 0.7%, 52nd percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil≈ 109 g
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt≈ 123 g
  • 1/3 cup milk≈ 81 g
  • 1/2 cup honey≈ 170 g
  • 3 eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 150 g
  • 2 1/4 cup whole wheat flour≈ 288 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
  • 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 10 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger≈ 0.7 g
  • 2 cups finely grated carrots≈ 220 g
  • 6 Medjool dates (pitted and finely chopped (you can use food processor))n/a
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts≈ 40 g

flour 288 gbatter 1202 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.

  • Carrot76% · 15th percentile
  • Sugar59% · 5th percentile
  • Fat38% · 7th percentile
  • Egg52% · 15th percentile
  • Spice4.3% · 94th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 5th percentile
  • Salt0.7% · 52nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
55 to 60 minutes
median 40 minutes

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