Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. Sometimes nuts such as walnuts or pecans are added into the cake.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Make ready 2 cups flour
- Take 3 cups shredded carrots
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Take 2 tsp baking soda
- Take 4 large eggs
- Prepare 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Take 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- Get 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Get 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
- Get 2 tsp vanilla
- Make ready 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare For Frosting
- Take 8 oz cream cheese
- Make ready 4 cups powdered sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup butter
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. How to make carrot cake from scratch. This cake is quick and easy to make, versatile and utterly delicious. It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake.
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.
- Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans
- Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)
- Add the batter to the baking pan and place in the oven to bake for 40 to 50 mins. When finish baking put to cool for abt 1hr
- For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.
- Once cake is cool remove from baking pan and place on a cake rack. Spread frosting to the top and then topped with pecans. (Nb because I made 2 cakes I shave the top of one of the cake to be flat enough then I spread frosting then I place the second cake on top then spread frosting again n all over the cakes). Hope you enjoy!!!
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