Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Make ready Carrot Cake:
  2. Take pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
  3. Make ready raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
  4. Make ready all-purpose flour
  5. Take baking soda
  6. Take baking powder
  7. Get salt
  8. Make ready ground cinnamon
  9. Prepare large eggs
  10. Get granulated white sugar
  11. Get sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
  12. Take vanilla extract
  13. Take Cream Cheese Frosting:
  14. Prepare unsalted butter, room temperature
  15. Prepare cream cheese, room temperature
  16. Prepare confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
  17. Take pure vanilla extract
  18. Make ready freshly squeezed lemon juice
  19. Prepare finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray cake pan.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
  3. With electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat, on high speed, until the batter is thick and light colored (about 3 - 4 minutes). With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the oil in a steady stream and then beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
  4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
  5. Cream Cheese Frosting: With electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the lemon juice and beat until incorporated. Add the soft cream cheese in four to five additions (scraping the bowl as needed), beating until incorporated and the frosting is nice and smooth.
  6. To Assemble: Once the cake is cool, slice it in the middle. Place one layer of the cake on your serving platter. Spread with about 3/4 cup (150 grams) of the frosting. Gently place the second cake layer onto the frosting and spread the rest of the frosting over the top and sides of the cake. If desired, garnish with toasted nuts. Serve cold or bring to room temperature before serving.

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