Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
How to make carrot cake from scratch. This cake is quick and easy to make, versatile and utterly delicious. It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake.
Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Get 2 cups flour
- Get 3 cups shredded carrots
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Get 2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 4 large eggs
- Take 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- Take 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Take 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Take 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Get For Frosting
- Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
- Take 4 cups powdered sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup butter
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
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. This Carrot Cake with pineapple and coconut is a family favorite, made every year for all sorts of celebrations from birthdays to Easter!
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!!!
Originally from the Silver Palate cookbook, we've made several. A wonderfully moist, perfectly spiced carrot cake recipe. Whether you want a carrot cake that's dense, moist and full of spice and nuts, or you like Try Rachel Allen's easiest carrot cake loaf for afternoon tea, Dan Lepard's carrot cake cupcakes for Easter, or. Healthy Carrot Cake with whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt, toasted coconut and walnuts. This cake is moist, tall, has texture and thick creamy frosting.
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