Recipe: Tasty Carrot Cake

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Carrot Cake. Carrot Cake with Pineapple Frosting "Delicious! Everyone raved over dessert tonight—this cake is a definite keeper!" - Christina. Carrot Cupcakes & White Chocolate Icing "Cupcakes are FULL of flavor.

Carrot Cake Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake. You can have Carrot Cake using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

  1. It's 4 of large eggs.
  2. You need 2 cups of sugar.
  3. It's 1 cup of canola oil.
  4. It's 2 cups of all purpose flour.
  5. Prepare 2-3 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  6. It's 3/4 tsp of baking soda.
  7. It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
  8. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of nutmeg.
  10. It's 3 cups of graded carrots.
  11. You need of frosting.
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter-softened.
  13. It's 3 oz. of Cream cheese-softened.
  14. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  15. Prepare 3-3/4 cups of sugar.
  16. It's 2-3 tbsp of 2% milk.
  17. You need 1 cup of chopped nuts. (Optional).

I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it! Says that it rivals his favorite carrot cake recipe. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

Carrot Cake instructions

  1. In a large bowl combine eggs, sugar, and oil. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt,and nutmeg. Beat into egg mixture. Stir in the carrots..
  2. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9in.cakes pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10mi before removingfrom the pans to sit on wire racks for cooling..

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, 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. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing.