Carrot cake. I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.
It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. You can cook Carrot cake using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Carrot cake
- It’s 2 cups of flour.
- Prepare 3 cups of peeled and grated carrots.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of vegetable oil (I used coconut).
- You need 2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
- It’s 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1 cup of brown sugar.
- You need 3 of eggs.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla.
- Prepare of Optional 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (you add your fav).
- Prepare of Optional 1/2 cup raisins.
- Prepare of No frosting this time.
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Carrot cake step by step
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a baking tin and flour it abit..
- In bowl, whisk flour, baking powder & soda, cinnamon and salt..
- In another bowl, whisk the oil, both sugars, vanilla once combined start mixing in the eggs one by one. Once it's well mixed, incorporate the dry ingredients in 3 parts with a wooden spoon..
- Once the batter is smooth fold in your Carrots. I opted not to use nuts..
- Place the batter into the baking tin and bake for 50mins-1hr or until springy to the touch and a toothpick at the centre comes out clean..
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