Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Our Favorite Carrot Cake
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from thewoksoflife.com
It ranks #5 of 70 for crumb tenderness among the carrot cake recipes we compared. 24 cooks on thewoksoflife.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 | 161% | 89% |
| total sugar | 314% | 233% |
| egg | 83% | 67% |
| leavener | 6% | 3% |
| salt | 4% | 1% |
| dairy | 94% | 94% |
| 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 ((sifted)) |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 7 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons cinnamon |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups sugar |
| 272 g | 1 1/4 cups vegetable or canola oil |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
| 256 g | 2 cups finely grated carrot |
| 227 g | 8 oz. can of crushed pineapple ((drained)) |
| 54 g | 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans ((optional)) |
| 99 g | 3 1/2 ounces flaked coconut ((optional)) |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup butter |
| 227 g | 8 oz. cream cheese |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla |
| 454 g | 1 pound confectioner’s sugar ((sifted)) |
Method: 5 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Oh, yum. This cake is delicious and divine. It’s a show stopper.” — a cook, 5.0★