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Vintage Carrot Cake (Handed Down Recipe)
This classic carrot walnut cake is perfectly soft and moist. The cream cheese frosting has a marshmallow-like fluffiness. Finally, a carrot cake that isn't too sweet!
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Natasha Kravchuk📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●whisk
- ●bowl
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
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How to Make the Vintage Carrot Cake Layers:
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Prep: Preheat oven to 350˚. Butter two 9" round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
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In a stand mixer, whisk 4 eggs and 1 cup sugar on high speed ⏱️ 3 min until thick and fluffy. With mixer on medium speed, add 1 cup oil in a steady stream. Whisk in 1 tsp vanilla.
large eggs (room temp)4
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Sift 1 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp baking powder into 2 cups of flour and whisk the dry ingredients together well. With the mixer on medium low, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in fourths, scraping down the bowl as needed. Once flour is fully incorporated, use a spatula to fold in 3 cups of carrots just until evenly combined.
baking soda1 tsptsp baking powder1/4carrots (about 3 cups, grated on the large holes of a box grater)1 lb
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Divide dough in to two round baking pans and bake at 350˚ for ⏱️ 30-35 min or until toothpick comes out clean (mine was perfect at ⏱️ 30 min). Let cake layers cool in their cake pans for ⏱️ 10 minutes then remove from pans and cool to room temp on a wire rack before slicing layers in half.
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How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting:
cream cheese (softened at room temp)16 oz
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Once cake layers are at room temp, make your frosting: With the wisk attachment on med/low speed, cream together 1 stick butter with 2 cups powdered sugar, scraping the bowl as needed (⏱️ 2-3 min).
powdered sugar2 cups
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With the mixer medium speed, add cream cheese, one chunk at a time. After all the cream cheese is in, set the mixer to high speed and beat the frosting until smooth, fluffy and no lumps remain (⏱️ 5 minutes), scraping down the bowl a couple of times to make sure you don't have stray cream cheese stuck to the bowl.
cream cheese (softened at room temp)16 oz
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How to Assemble the Best Carrot Cake:
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Place the first layer, cut-side-up on a cake platter. Spread enough frosting to cover the top and sprinkle with 2-3 Tbsp of chopped walnuts. Repeat with remaining cake layers and spread remaining frosting around the sides. Decorate the top layer with remaining chopped nuts around the top border and sides of the cake.
Nutrition Facts
calories
482 kcal
fat Content
32 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
30 g
sodium Content
194 mg
protein Content
7 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
70 mg
carbohydrate Content
45 g
saturated Fat Content
9 g
unsaturated Fat Content
21 g
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