Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, best carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I just have to say I initially signed up to review this recipe! It really is the best carrot cake ever! I made this cake on a Sunday afternoon and it was gone by Tuesday morning!.
BEST Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. BEST Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook best carrot cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make BEST Carrot Cake:
- Prepare 1 ~CAKE BATTER~
- Take 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Get 2 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 3 large eggs
- Take 2 cup sugar
- Make ready 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 2 cup grated carrot
- Get 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- Prepare 1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
- Make ready 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake
- Prepare 1 ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~
- Prepare 1 cup sugar
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Take 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- Take 1 tbsp light corn syrup
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1 ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~
- Prepare 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- Get 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- Get 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- Make ready 3 cup sifted powdered sugar
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
To expediate the cooling process, you can put the cakes on their wire. This recipe for The Best Carrot Cake is wonderfully moist, tender and easy to make. It's covered in a homemade cream cheese frosting for the perfect, classic cake. And with so many ways to make this recipe your own, it's seriously the best carrot cake around!
Steps to make BEST Carrot Cake:
- ☆CAKE☆
- Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside.
- Stir together first 4 ingredients.
- Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.
- Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
- ●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●
- ●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●
- ●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●
- ●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●
- For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. This moist, flavorful carrot cake will make guests swoon—and ask for seconds! Our best-ever recipe has three tender cake layers filled with chopped pecans, grated carrots, shredded coconut, and crushed pineapple. Our test kitchen found that two cups of grated carrots adds just the right amount of naturally sweet carrot flavor, without overwhelming the other ingredients. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter.
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