How to Make Tasty Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake. 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.

It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. You can cook Carrot Cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

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

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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!!!.

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