Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake. I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it!
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Prepare Carrot Cake:
- Get 1 cup pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
- Get 340 g raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
- Prepare 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Take 4 large eggs
- Get 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
- Get 1 cup sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
- Take 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Get Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Make ready 1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Prepare 8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- Take 2 cups (230 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
- Prepare 1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract
- Get 1 teaspoon (4 grams) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour.
Steps to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray cake pan.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
- With electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat, on high speed, until the batter is thick and light colored (about 3 - 4 minutes). With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the oil in a steady stream and then beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: With electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the lemon juice and beat until incorporated. Add the soft cream cheese in four to five additions (scraping the bowl as needed), beating until incorporated and the frosting is nice and smooth.
- To Assemble: Once the cake is cool, slice it in the middle. Place one layer of the cake on your serving platter. Spread with about 3/4 cup (150 grams) of the frosting. Gently place the second cake layer onto the frosting and spread the rest of the frosting over the top and sides of the cake. If desired, garnish with toasted nuts. Serve cold or bring to room temperature before serving.
For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing. Oil keeps the cake nice and moist — any neutral flavored oil will work. While some recipe historians trace the roots of carrot cake back to medieval times, we disagree.
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