Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Different from traditional carrot cakes, this cake is extremely moist and flavorful and is topped with a buttermilk glaze while still warm. Try it and I think you will agree that it is the best!! My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Prepare Carrot Cake:
- Get 1 cup pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
- Take 340 g raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
- Prepare 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Prepare 4 large eggs
- Get 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
- Take 1 cup sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
- Take 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Get Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Make ready 1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Make ready 8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- Make ready 2 cups (230 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
- Take 1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract
- Get 1 teaspoon (4 grams) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Prepare 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Carrot cake is moist, rich in flavor and melts in your mouth!
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray cake pan.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
- 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.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
- 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.
- 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.
Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Carrot cake is moist, rich in flavor and melts in your mouth! This scrumptious dessert is what everyone will be raving about! This truly is one of the best carrot cake recipes alone with whole wheat carrot cake bread, frosted carrot cake cookies or carrot cake cupcakes. All my carrot cake recipes are made with fresh carrots, the perfect blend of spices and a sweet, heavenly frosting!
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