My Legendary Carrot Cake
My Legendary Carrot Cake

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, my legendary carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

My Legendary Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. My Legendary Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

My quest for the best Carrot Cake recipe started when I tasted one slice of Carrot Cake on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Melbourne. I was coming home from Japan with my young children. It was a very long trip and I was extremely tired.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook my legendary carrot cake using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My Legendary Carrot Cake:
  1. Make ready 1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour (*OR Plain Flour 1 & 1/2 cups & Baking Powder 1 teaspoon)
  2. Take 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  3. Take 1/2 cup Caster Sugar
  4. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Salt *necessary!
  5. Take 2-3 teaspoons Cinnamon
  6. Take 3 cups Grated Carrots *tightly packed
  7. Take 1/2 cup Crushed Pineapple *drained well and tightly packed
  8. Get 1/2 cup Sultana Raisins
  9. Prepare 1/2 cup Walnuts *coarsely chopped
  10. Make ready 2 Large Eggs
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil *Note: Butter doesn’t work for this cake!
  12. Prepare 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

CARROT CAKE FROM SCRATCH If you are looking for the excellent Carrot Cake Recipe, this is the one! definitely, this legendary carrot cake is my favorite dessert of all time, and it's the only carrot cake recipe you'll ever need. It was literally my first attempt at baking from scratch and with a few adjustments, I have truly found my carrot cake for life!! Cream cheese frosting is the standard when it comes to carrot cake and with good reason. Soft and gooey with a hint of tang from the cream cheese - it's the perfect complement!

Instructions to make My Legendary Carrot Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a cake tin with baking paper. Grate plenty of carrots. If you can't get Crushed Pineapple, just finely chop up pineapple.
  2. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until cooked through. *Note: If cup cakes, bake for 25 to 30 minutes. DO NOT overcook. DO NOT leave the cake in the oven to cool.
  3. Let it cool completely. This cake tastes better when cold.
  4. If you want frosting or icing, traditionally Cream Cheese Frosting is nice for this cake. You can make Cream Cheese Frosting by mixing following ingredients. The cake tastes great without the frosting!
  5. Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: - 50g Softened Butter - 125g Softened Cream Cheese - 1 cup Icing Sugar - 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice

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. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing. Oil keeps the cake nice and moist — any neutral flavored oil will work.

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