Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. 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.
Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin 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 cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Prepare 2 cups flour
- Prepare 3 cups shredded carrots
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 4 large eggs
- Take 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Get 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- Take 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Make ready 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
- Get 2 tsp vanilla
- Prepare 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready For Frosting
- Prepare 8 oz cream cheese
- Take 4 cups powdered sugar
- Take 1/2 cup butter
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
Carrot Cake Recipe - How to Make Carrot Cake This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots.
Instructions 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!!!
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