Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Carrot Cake Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Fil
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 88% | 89% |
| total sugar | 116% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 25% | 14% |
| egg | 69% | 67% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 51% | 0% |
| dairy | 178% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 94% | 107% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 360 g | 3 cups flour |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 3 g | 3/4 teaspoon baking soda |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt |
| 11 g | 4 teaspoons cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
| 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice ( or regular five spice) | |
| 106 g | 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed) |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup sugar |
| 340 g | 3 cups shredded carrot (loosely packed (about 12 oz)) |
| 218 g | 1 cup vegetable oil |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons butter (melted and cooled) |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup buttermilk |
| 340 g | 12 ounces full-fat brick cream cheese (softened to room temperature) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg (at room temperature) |
| 62 g | 5 tablespoons granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 1 pinch salt | |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup butter (melted) |
| 116 g | 1/2 cup cream cheese (softened) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar (sifted) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 61 g | 3 to 5 tablespoons milk |
| 1 pinch salt |
Method: 17 steps, published by www.errenskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.