Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from www.twopeasandtheirpod.com
5 cooks on www.twopeasandtheirpod.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 138% | 89% |
| total sugar | 583% | 233% |
| egg | 83% | 67% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| dairy | 94% | 94% |
| acid | 6% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 107% | 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.
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 218 g | 1 cup canola or vegetable oil |
| 256 g | 2 cups grated carrots |
| 72 g | 1/2 cup raisins |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature) |
| 227 g | 8 oz cream cheese (at room temperature) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups powdered sugar |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon lemon juice |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.twopeasandtheirpod.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Love this carrot cake recipe! Made it for Easter yesterday and it was absolutely delicious. The cake was completely devoured, and everyone said they LOVED it! Even my 7 year old nephew said he didn't think he liked carrot cake until he had this recipe and now ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I added one cup of chopped pecans to the actual cake recipe! They were delicious!” — a cook, 5.0★