Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Best Ever Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
95 cooks on www.cookingclassy.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 | 58% | 89% |
| total sugar | 124% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 43% | 14% |
| egg | 71% | 67% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| dairy | 0% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 123% | 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.
| 283 g | 2 cups (283g) all-purpose flour ((scoop and level to measure)) |
| 8 g | 2 tsp baking powder |
| 5 g | 1 tsp baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp salt |
| 6 g | 2 tsp ground cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg |
| 0 g | 1/4 tsp ground ginger |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup (175ml) vegetable oil |
| 130 g | 1/2 cup (130g) unsweetened applesauce |
| 200 g | 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup (150g) packed light brown sugar ((break up any clumps)) |
| 9 g | 2 tsp vanilla extract |
| 348 g | 3 cups (348g) finely grated carrots** |
| 109 g | 1 cup chopped pecans ((optional)) |
| 1 recipe Cream Cheese Frosting |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.cookingclassy.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have made this recipe for the past 4 Easter’s and I am not stopping anytime soon. My brother in law, who is “not a dessert person” asked for seconds and that felt like the biggest compliment to my baking and this recipe. I appreciate your comment that this c” — a cook, 5.0★
“Best carrot cake ever! I get requests for it all the time. I would just double the measurements for the spices (or I put equal amounts of spices until the flour mixture turns a light tan color). For the cream cheese frosting, I like to add about 1/3 cup of hon” — a cook, 5.0★