Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Best Carrot Cake Recipe (from scratch)
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
12 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.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 | 76% | 89% |
| total sugar | 136% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 26% | 14% |
| egg | 67% | 67% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| dairy | 0% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 85% | 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.
| 150 g | 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup salted butter (melted) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup light brown sugar |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla |
| 128 g | 1 cup carrots (finely grated) |
| 117 g | 1 cup add-ins (crushed pecans, walnuts, raisins, etc.) ((optional)) |
| Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe |
Method: 13 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hey, Laura! This was the first cake I’ve ever baked. It was so simple! My whole family loved it and my younger sister even asked for me to bake it again for her birthday. I love how moist this cake is and the frosting is literally the best I’ve ever had! I’ve ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Delicious. I subbed coconut sugar for white sugar. It was great!” — a cook, 5.0★