Carrot cake
Carrot cake

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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!

Carrot cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Carrot cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:
  1. Make ready For the cake batter:
  2. Take 2 cups all-purpose flour
  3. Make ready 2 teaspoons baking powder
  4. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  5. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  6. Prepare 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
  7. Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
  8. Prepare 1 cup brown sugar
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract
  10. Prepare 3 large eggs
  11. Take 3 cups grated carrots
  12. Take For a creamy frosting:
  13. Prepare 1 cup cream cheese
  14. Get 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  15. Make ready 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

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.

Instructions to make Carrot cake:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F and Grease 2 9-inch round cake pans.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl until well combined.
  3. In a separate large bowl mix the oil, sugars, and vanilla. Then combine the 3 eggs, one at a time until properly mixed.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 parts, making sure the batter is smooth after each part. Then stir in the carrots and mix again.
  5. Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans and bake for 20-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
  6. After the cakes have baked take them out of the oven, let them cool for 10 minutes, and then transfer the cakes into separate plates.
  7. For the creamy frosting: In an electric mixer bowl beat the cream cheese for about 30 seconds then add in the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time until fluffy. Pour in the heavy whipping cream and beat for 1 minute.
  8. When the cakes have completely cooled, frost the top of one cake and place the other cake on top. With the remaining frosting, frost the top of the cake and serve. ✨Enjoy!✨

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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