Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Carrot cake is something which I have loved my whole life.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:
- Make ready For the cake batter:
- Get 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Prepare 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
- Take 1 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract
- Prepare 3 large eggs
- Take 3 cups grated carrots
- Prepare For a creamy frosting:
- Take 1 cup cream cheese
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Make ready 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg with a good pinch of salt in a bowl. We like to think the humble carrot cake is something of a teatime classic. Try one of our go-to carrot cake recipes to keep you inspired, including a carrot and parsnip cake with rose frosting, a carrot and cheesecake layer cake and a carrot bundt cake. Yep, consider yourself spoilt for choice!
Instructions 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!✨
Mix all of the ingredients for the carrot cake, except the carrots and. Bake in a half sheet pan. The carrot cake has stood the test of time because essentially it is incredibly moist, keeps well and could not be easier to make. My version is a nod to to the classic cake of my childhood. My mother used wholemeal flour but I am not going to even try and pretend this is healthy, so I have used plain flour.
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