How to Make Yummy Carrot Cake

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Carrot Cake In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, 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. For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. You can cook Carrot Cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

  1. It's 2 cups of flour.
  2. It's 3 cups of shredded carrots.
  3. Prepare 2 tsp of baking powder.
  4. Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
  5. You need 4 of large eggs.
  6. Prepare 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  7. You need 1 1/4 cups of vegetable oil.
  8. You need 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
  9. Prepare 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
  10. You need 1 cup of chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing.
  11. It's 2 tsp of vanilla.
  12. It's 1 tsp of ground nutmeg.
  13. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
  14. Prepare of For Frosting.
  15. It's 8 oz of cream cheese.
  16. You need 4 cups of powdered sugar.
  17. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
  18. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.

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 BEST Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Carrot Cake step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla..
  2. Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans.
  3. Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones).
  4. 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.
  5. For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed..
  6. 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!!!.

This is my favorite recipe for homemade carrot cake! This cake is so easy to make, perfectly moist, and topped with an easy homemade cream cheese frosting. Keyword the best carrot cake recipe. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined.