Recipe: Appetizing 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. This Carrot Cake is wonderfully moist, tender and easy to make! It's covered in cream cheese frosting for a perfect, classic cake! You can cook Carrot Cake using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

1. You need 2 c of flour.
2. You need 1 cup of white sugar.
3. You need 1 c of brown sugar.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
5. It's Pinch of salt.
6. You need 2 tsp of cinnamon.
7. You need 6 of large carrot ground fine.
8. Prepare 1 c of black walnut pieces.
9. It's 1/2 c of raisins.
10. It's 4 of large eggs.
11. It's 1 cup of oil.
12. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
13. Prepare of Icing.
14. It's 1 (8 oz) of Philadelphia cream cheese.
15. You need 1 stick of Land O Lakes butter.
16. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
17. You need 3 cups of Sifted confectioners sugar.

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. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe!

Carrot Cake instructions

1. Bring your butter and cheese to room temp..
2. Add oil, sugars, vanilla and eggs to mixer bowl. Beat till well combined. Add combined dry ingredients 1/2 at a time. Beat well..
3. Mix in carrots, nuts, and raisins by hand. Pour into greased or foil lined 8x10 “ pan..
4. Bake 350 for 35-40 min..
5. For icing: cream butter and cheese till fluffy. Add Sifted powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Add vanilla. Cream till incorporated and fluffy..

It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes The origins of carrot cake are disputed. My family's best carrot cake recipe dates back to my great-grandmother! We bake up a few of these carrot cakes for special occasions to make sure there's enough to go around.

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