Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.
Carrot cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Carrot cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:
- Get For the cake batter:
- Prepare 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Get 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Get 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Get 1 cup granulated sugar
- Make ready 1 cup brown sugar
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract
- Get 3 large eggs
- Take 3 cups grated carrots
- Take For a creamy frosting:
- Take 1 cup cream cheese
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Take 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter.
Steps to make Carrot cake:
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F and Grease 2 9-inch round cake pans.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl until well combined.
- In a separate large bowl mix the oil, sugars, and vanilla. Then combine the 3 eggs, one at a time until properly mixed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!✨
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