The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake
The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, the ultimate classic carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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When the cakes feel cool to the touch, place the butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-low speed until smooth and. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in carrots, pineapple and walnuts.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook the ultimate classic carrot cake using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake:
  1. Prepare 3 cups all-purpose flour
  2. Make ready 2 cups sugar
  3. Get 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  4. Take 2 teaspoons baking powder
  5. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking soda
  6. Take 4 large eggs
  7. Take 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil (or canola oil, grapeseed oil, etc.)
  8. Make ready 3/4 cups unsweetened, chunky applesauce
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  10. Take 2 cups carrots, shredded (about 5 small carrots)
  11. Get 1 (15 ounces) can pineapple, drained and chopped
  12. Make ready 1 cup walnuts, chopped

I would simply change one teaspoon of baking soda to baking powder to get rid of the soda taste. At the Urban Farmer in Portland, Oregon, pastry chef Jodi Elliot prepares the ultimate. This is the carrot cake recipe I have been searching for. 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 The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease three 8-inch round cake pans with nonstick spray.
  2. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, applesauce and vanilla.
  4. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Fold in carrots, pineapple and walnuts.
  5. Evenly divide batter between prepared cake pans and bake in oven for about 45 minutes until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
  6. When the cakes feel cool to the touch, place the butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-low speed until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.
  7. With the mixer running on low, gradually add in powdered sugar. Beat on medium until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl as necessary.
  8. Remove the cooled cakes from their tins and place one of the layers, flat side down, on a flat plate or cake stand.
  9. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Top with another cake layer. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Top with final layer.
  10. Using icing spatula, spread remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake, making decorative swirls in the frosting if desired.
  11. Press chopped walnuts along the bottom edge of the sides.
  12. Cake can be stored, covered in fridge, for up to 3 days. Serve at room temperature.

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. The classic carrot cake in a smaller cupcake form.

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