Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Make ready 2 cups flour
- Make ready 3 cups shredded carrots
- Make ready 2 tsp baking powder
- Get 2 tsp baking soda
- Take 4 large eggs
- Take 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- Get 1 1/2 cup white sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Take 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready For Frosting
- Take 8 oz cream cheese
- Take 4 cups powdered sugar
- Take 1/2 cup butter
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.
- Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans
- Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)
- 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
- For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.
- 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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