Grammy's Kitchen · Carrot Cake · World's Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese F
One of 70 carrot cake recipes we measured
276 cooks on www.lecremedelacrumb.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 70.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 139% | 89% |
| total sugar | 617% | 233% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 17% | 14% |
| egg | 83% | 67% |
| leavener | 4% | 3% |
| salt | 3% | 1% |
| dairy | 126% | 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.
| 360 g | 3 cups flour |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 272 g | 1 1/4 cups vegetable or canola oil |
| 163 g | 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce |
| 250 g | 1 1/4 cups sugar |
| 373 g | 1 3/4 cups brown sugar |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla |
| 300 g | 6 large eggs |
| 384 g | 3 cups shredded carrot |
| optional: 1/2 cup raisins and/or 1/2 cup chopped pecans | |
| 454 g | 16 ounces cream cheese ((2 8-ounce bricks), softened) |
| 227 g | 1 cup butter |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (OR 1 teaspoons vanilla + 2 teaspoons maple extract) |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1600 g | 8 cups powdered sugar (or as needed) |
| chopped pecans for topping, optional |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.lecremedelacrumb.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I love this icing recipe! I have made it for a few years in a row. How cool do you recommend for the butter to be before adding it to the cream cheese in the icing? I usually mix it in as a liquid. However, this time it cooled too much, it didn't mix in well ” — a cook, 5.0★
“This is by far the best recipe for carrot cake I have ever tried. It is a staple for every holiday and birthday. My husband and my oldest son loves it. My oldest daughter just asked me to make one for Easter. Love, love, love this one👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽” — a cook, 5.0★