Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · Vintage Carrot Cake (Handed Down Recipe)
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #2 of 70 for sweetness perceived among the carrot cake recipes we compared. 128 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 138% | 89% |
| total sugar | 250% | 233% |
| egg | 83% | 67% |
| leavener | 2% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| dairy | 189% | 94% |
| vegetables and beans | 189% | 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.
| 200 g | 4 large eggs (room temp) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 218 g | 1 cup vegetable oil or extra light olive oil |
| 4 g | 1 tsp vanilla extract |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour (*measured correctly) |
| 5 g | 1 tsp baking soda |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp baking powder |
| 454 g | 1 lb carrots (about 3 cups, grated on the large holes of a box grater) |
| 454 g | 16 oz cream cheese (softened at room temp) |
| 113 g | 1 stick (8 Tbsp or 113 grams of butter, softened at room temp) |
| 400 g | 2 cups powdered sugar |
| 176 g | 1 1/2 cups walnuts (toasted on a skillet and coarsely chopped) |
Method: 7 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Love, loved this recipe. I always went out to bakeries to buy carrot cake but not anymore. I went w/o the walnuts. Our family is not much of nut eaters and it was perfect! I would like to make carrot roll as well. What changes would I need to this recipe to m” — a cook, 5.0★
“I found this recipe searching carrot cake without cinnamon, as u do not prefer those flavors. You can always add them to the recipe if you like them.” — a cook, 5.0★