Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 20 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Take 310 g Flour
- Make ready 200 g white Sugar
- Take 200 g brown Sugar
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 4 Eggs at room temperature
- Make ready 3 cups grated Carrots
- Get 1 teaspoon Salt
- Get 2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
- Take 1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Prepare 235 ml Oil
- Prepare 110 g unsalted butter, melted
- Make ready 120 g chopped Walnuts - optional
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
- Take For Frosting
- Prepare 220 g Cream cheese at room temperature
- Get 450 g powdered Sugar
- Prepare 110 g soft unsalted butter
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Take 1/4 teaspoon Salt
This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter.
Steps to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 170 and prepare two 8-inch pans with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Add oil and melted butter and blend well
- Add eggs, one at a time and blend well for 30 sec after adding each one
- Add vanilla extract and blend well
- Add carrots and nuts (optional), mix well
- Evenly divide carrot cake batter into prepared baking pans and bake for 30-40 minutes until done (toothpick inserted in center should come out mostly clean with only few moist crumbs)
- Allow carrot cake to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack to cool completely.
- I have sliced the top layer of the cake for frosting to even the surface, this is optional
- Combine butter and cream cheese in a large bowl and beat until creamy, well-combined, and lump-free.
- Add vanilla extract and sprinkle salt into the bowl and stir well to combine.
- Gradually add powdered sugar and blend until ingredients are completely combined and the consistency is thick
- Now place the first cake on serving board and frost evenly on top
- Place second cake on top and frost on top and sides. I had divided the frosting to make carrot design on top. Frost and design as desired. Now slice and serve
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