Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Get 2 c flour
- Make ready 1 cup white sugar
- Get 1 c brown sugar
- Prepare 2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready Pinch salt
- Take 2 tsp cinnamon
- Make ready 6 large carrot ground fine
- Get 1 c black walnut pieces
- Get 1/2 c raisins
- Take 4 large eggs
- Get 1 cup oil
- Take 1 tsp vanilla
- Get Icing
- Prepare 1 (8 oz) Philadelphia cream cheese
- Make ready 1 stick Land O Lakes butter
- Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 3 cups Sifted confectioners sugar
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:
- Bring your butter and cheese to room temp.
- Add oil, sugars, vanilla and eggs to mixer bowl. Beat till well combined. Add combined dry ingredients 1/2 at a time. Beat well.
- Mix in carrots, nuts, and raisins by hand. Pour into greased or foil lined 8x10 “ pan.
- Bake 350 for 35-40 min.
- For icing: cream butter and cheese till fluffy. Add Sifted powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Add vanilla. Cream till incorporated and fluffy.
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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