Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice 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 recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Get 2 cups flour
- Take 3 cups shredded carrots
- Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 4 large eggs
- Prepare 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 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
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Take 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare For Frosting
- Get 8 oz cream cheese
- Take 4 cups powdered sugar
- Take 1/2 cup butter
- Get 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.
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!!!
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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