Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · The BEST Carrot Cake Recipe EVER!
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
6 cooks on therecipecritic.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 | 148% | 89% |
| total sugar | 371% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 19% | 14% |
| egg | 67% | 67% |
| leavener | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| dairy | 151% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 128% | 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.
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ginger |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 218 g | 1 cup vegetable oil |
| 213 g | 1 cup light brown sugar |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup granulated sugar |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup applesauce |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 384 g | 3 cups grated carrots |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup chopped pecans |
| 454 g | 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese (softened) |
| 227 g | 1 cup unsalted butter (softened) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 800 g | 4 cups powdered sugar |
Method: 9 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe IS the BEST Carrot Cake I have ever made. I received rave reviews from family and friends. I did use Dark Brown sugar instead of light and I added 3/4 cups of raisins. I also added extra pecans total 3/4 cup. I doubled the recipe to create a 3 ” — a cook, 5.0★