Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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. I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Get Batter
  2. Prepare 3 cups grated carrots
  3. Prepare 2 cups sugar
  4. Prepare 1 1/2 cups Mazola oil
  5. Take 4 eggs (unbeaten)
  6. Get 3 tsp cinnamon
  7. Prepare 3 cups sifted flour
  8. Take 3 tsp baking powder
  9. Prepare 2 tsp baking soda
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  11. Make ready 1 cup walnuts chopped
  12. Get Frosting
  13. Make ready 1 Tbs butter
  14. Make ready 1 large package Philadelphia cream cheese
  15. Make ready 1 cup powdered sugar
  16. Get 1 cup chopped walnuts for garnish
  17. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla

In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour.

Steps to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grate carrots. Squeeze out all liquid using a cheesecloth or clean dish towel.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, mix carrots, sugar, and oil. Next, beat in eggs. Lastly, mix in dry ingredients.
  3. Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hour at 350 degrees.
  4. Frosting: Mix softened butter, vanilla, and cream cheese. Gradually add powdered sugar. Frost cake. Add nuts on top.

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. While some recipe historians trace the roots of carrot cake back to medieval times, we disagree.

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