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Best Carrot Cake Recipe Ever

Aarthi · yummytummyaarthi.com · 2022 · 10 servings

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More egg than 86% of recipes and more leavening than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • More egg than 86% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • More leavening than 88% of recipes: 7.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More sugar than 75% of recipes: 146% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
Carrot: 92%, 31st percentileSugar: 146%, 75th percentileFat: 91%, 72nd percentileEgg: 83%, 88th percentileSpice: 1.4%, 38th percentileLeavening: 7.6%, 89th percentileSalt: 1.3%, 73rd percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour (240 grams )240 g
  • 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • ¼ tsp Ground Nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 ½ tsp Baking Soda≈ 9 g
  • ½ tsp Salt≈ 3 g
  • 2 cups Carrots (grated)≈ 220 g
  • 4 Eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 ¾ cup Sugar (350 grams )350 g
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup Oil≈ 218 g
  • 1 ½ cup Pineapple Puree≈ 356 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • ½ cup Butter≈ 114 g
  • ½ cup Hung Curd (See notes)≈ 119 g
  • 3 cups Icing Sugar≈ 360 g
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 tbsp Milk≈ 15 g

flour 240 gbatter 1616 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.

  • Carrot92% · 31st percentile
  • Sugar146% · 75th percentile
  • Fat91% · 72nd percentile
  • Egg83% · 88th percentile
  • Spice1.4% · 38th percentile
  • Leavening7.6% · 89th percentile
  • Salt1.3% · 73rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 40 minutes

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