Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Take Carrot Cake:
- Get pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
- Take raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
- Prepare all-purpose flour
- Get baking soda
- Prepare baking powder
- Make ready salt
- Make ready ground cinnamon
- Make ready large eggs
- Make ready granulated white sugar
- Make ready sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
- Prepare vanilla extract
- Take Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Prepare unsalted butter, room temperature
- Prepare cream cheese, room temperature
- Take confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
- Get pure vanilla extract
- Get freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Take finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)
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.
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