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Carrot Cake
This super easy Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting will become your new favourite recipe! Fluffy and moist, a homemade carrot cake recipe you will fall in love with time and time again.
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 55 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Karina Carrel📖 cafedelites
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
CARROT CAKE:
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Heat the oven to 350º F (175°C). Lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line the base of each pan with parchment paper.
3
Combine together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in a bowl until well combined.
baking powder2 teaspoonsbaking soda1 teaspoonground cinnamon2 teaspoonsground ginger1 teaspoon
4
In a separate bowl whisk the oil, pineapple (or apple sauce), sugars and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time until well combined. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until the batter is smooth, while scraping the batter from the sides of the bowl. Fold in grated carrots, 3/4 cup of nuts and sultanas.
large eggs4
5
Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans. Bake for ⏱️ 40-45 minutes, or when a toothpick inserted into the centre of each cake comes out clean.
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Let cool in pans for ⏱️ 30 minutes. Transfer to cooling racks peeling the paper off the base of each cake as you go. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
cream cheese (softened to room temperature)8 ounces
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In large bowl, beat together softened cream cheese and butter, scraping down sides of bowl when needed, for ⏱️ 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy. (Use a hand mixer.)
cream cheese (softened to room temperature)8 ouncesbutter (softened to room temperature)6 ounces
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Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar, adding more sugar if needed until frosting is thick and spreadable.
powdered sugar (sifted if lumpy, plus more if needed)4 cups
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Frost cooled cake and top with remaining crushed nuts for decoration (optional).
Nutrition Facts
calories
584 kcal
fat Content
28 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
58 g
sodium Content
436 mg
protein Content
7 g
trans Fat Content
0.4 g
cholesterol Content
71 mg
carbohydrate Content
79 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
18 g
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