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Carrot Bundt Cake

A bundt cake made with grated carrots, raisins, and a cream cheese frosting.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Carrot Bundt Cake

Oven350 °F
Timeone hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cake

  1. Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray and preheat the oven to 350 °F.

  2. Beat together eggs, oil, and sugar for about one minute.

  3. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

  4. Slowly add the dry mixture to the sugar mixture, incorporating as you go.

  5. When completely mixed, fold in grated carrots and raisins.

  6. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  7. Invert the cake onto a plate and cool.

Make and finish the frosting

  1. In a medium bowl, blend softened cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.

  2. Add vanilla.

  3. Gradually add powdered sugar until desired consistency is achieved (you may need to add more to achieve this).

  4. Frost the cake.

  5. Refrigerate uneaten cake.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1019Calories
23 gProtein
43 gFat
135 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cakenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Nutmeg + raisintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).

  5. Cinnamon + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together981 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the batter and add structure as they set during baking.
Vegetable oil
Keeps the cake moist and tender after it cools.
Flour
Forms the cake's structure once heated and set.
Baking soda
Reacts with the batter to help the cake rise and lighten.
Grated carrots
Add moisture and natural sweetness to the crumb.
Cream cheese
Gives the frosting its tangy flavor and creamy, spreadable body.

The step that matters

Testing for doneness. Bundt cakes with dense grated carrots can look set outside while the center is still wet. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean before cooling, since underbaked centers can collapse or turn gummy.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, cream cheese):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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