Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long. This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Make ready 2 cups flour
- Make ready 3 cups shredded carrots
- Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 2 tsp baking soda
- Take 4 large eggs
- Get 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Take 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Take 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
- Take 2 tsp vanilla
- Get 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare For Frosting
- Get 8 oz cream cheese
- Prepare 4 cups powdered sugar
- Get 1/2 cup butter
- Take 1 tsp vanilla
Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. Sometimes pecans, pineapple, and shredded coconut is added in the mix. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe!
Steps to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.
- Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans
- Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)
- Add the batter to the baking pan and place in the oven to bake for 40 to 50 mins. When finish baking put to cool for abt 1hr
- For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.
- Once cake is cool remove from baking pan and place on a cake rack. Spread frosting to the top and then topped with pecans. (Nb because I made 2 cakes I shave the top of one of the cake to be flat enough then I spread frosting then I place the second cake on top then spread frosting again n all over the cakes). Hope you enjoy!!!
It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting. Spoon ¼ of the icing on top and spread in an even layer. A wonderfully moist, perfectly spiced carrot cake recipe. This Carrot Cake with pineapple and coconut is a family favorite, made every year for all sorts of celebrations from birthdays to Easter! Originally from the Silver Palate cookbook, we've made several.
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