Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
Prepare 2 cups flour
Get 3 cups shredded carrots
Take 2 tsp baking powder
Make ready 2 tsp baking soda
Get 4 large eggs
Prepare 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Prepare 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
Make ready 1 1/2 cup white sugar
Make ready 1/2 cup brown sugar
Make ready 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
Prepare 1 tsp ground nutmeg
Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
Get For Frosting
Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
Take 4 cups powdered sugar
Get 1/2 cup butter
Take 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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