Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, very moist carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Very Moist Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Very Moist Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour. For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook very moist carrot cake using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Very Moist Carrot Cake:
- Prepare 1 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 4 eggs
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 3 cups flour
- Prepare 3 cups grated carrots
- Get 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- Make ready 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Get 1/2 cup raisin
- Make ready 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- Take Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Make ready 142 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- Take 380 g cing sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Take 450 g cold cream cheese
- Prepare 2 tablespoon sour cream
This moist carrot cake recipe has been a long time coming. In the past, whenever I was asked to make a carrot cake, I used a very traditional carrot cake recipe. Most classic or Southern carrot cake recipes include shredded coconut, chopped walnuts or pecans, and crushed pineapple. Moist carrot cake recipe with walnuts and a scrumptious vanilla cream cheese icing, a family-favourite dessert not only for Easter, but also all year round.
Steps to make Very Moist Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven 180 degree celsius. Coat the bundt cake with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix both sugars, vegetable oil, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla together on medium speed until smooth, 1 minute.
- Add in the cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and continue mixing for 30 seconds, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Mix in the flour until just combined. Add in the carrots, walnuts, and raisins and stir until evenly incorporated.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted int he center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely.
- To make Cream cheese icing: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in large bowl and using hand-held mixer) beat the butter on medium-high speed until creamy and lightened up, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the confectioners sugar, salt and vanilla and beat until lightened in both color and texture and looks fluffier than when it started, 4 to 6 minutes. Beat in the sour cream.
- With the mixer running on medium speed, add one piece of cream cheese at a time, one after the other, mixing well after each addition so there are no lumps. Continue adding the cream cheese until fully incorporated.
- Increase the speed to medium high and beat until the frosting is light, fluffy, whipped-like and until almost no cream cheese lumps remain, 4 to 6 minutes. Use according to recipe above.
It is beautifully moist, with a dense texture and a magnificent blend of spices that works very well with the sweetness of the cream cheese icing. In a large bowl, beat the sugars, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. This one layer carrot cake is super moist, wonderfully spiced, and perfect for smaller gatherings and celebrations. Topped with sweet, tangy cream cheese frosting and toasted pecans, it's love at first bite.
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