Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
3 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 104% | 89% |
| total sugar | 422% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 21% | 14% |
| egg | 83% | 67% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| dairy | 94% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 160% | 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.
| 384 g | 3 cups finely grated carrots (4-5 large carrots) ($1.00) |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour ($0.36) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp baking powder ($0.06) |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp baking soda ($0.01) |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp salt ($0.02) |
| 4 g | 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon ($0.15) |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg ($0.04) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp ground ginger ($0.05) |
| 200 g | 4 large eggs, lightly beaten ($1.48) |
| 213 g | 1 cup dark brown sugar ($0.48) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar ($0.96) |
| 163 g | 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce* ($0.40) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup cooking oil* ($0.48) |
| 9 g | 2 tsp vanilla extract ($1.30) |
| 109 g | 3/4 cups golden raisins, optional** ($1.49) |
| 227 g | 8 oz. cream cheese, softened ($2.00) |
| 85 g | 6 Tbsp salted butter, softened ($0.74) |
| 4 g | 1 tsp vanilla extract ($0.65) |
| 600 g | 3 cups powdered sugar ($1.50) |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup chopped pecans, to garnish ($0.75) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this cake for Easter, and my 4-year-old niece loved it so much that she asked me to make it again for her birthday cake!!” — a cook, 5.0★
“it was so good” — a cook, 5.0★