BEST Carrot Cake. The BEST Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. This is my favorite recipe for homemade carrot cake! This is a good carrot cake, but not the best ever.
Stir in carrots and nuts (if using) until ingredients are well-combined. Evenly divide carrot cake batter into prepared. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe! You can have BEST Carrot Cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of BEST Carrot Cake
- You need 1 of ~CAKE BATTER~.
- It’s 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need 3 large of eggs.
- Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
- You need 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
- It’s 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 2 cup of grated carrot.
- You need 1 of (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained.
- It’s 1 of (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut.
- It’s 1 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake.
- It’s 1 of ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~.
- You need 1 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of butter or margarine.
- It’s 1 tbsp of light corn syrup.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 1 of ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~.
- You need 3/4 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
- Prepare 1 of (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
- It’s 1 of (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
- Prepare 3 cup of sifted powdered sugar.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting. Truly our best-ever carrot cake recipe, make this classic favorite for a crowd and you might not have any leftovers to bring home. This change works out well for me, because carrot cake is Jack's all-time favorite dessert, and we make it every year for his April birthday. You'll find our go-to carrot cake recipe below.
BEST Carrot Cake instructions
- ☆CAKE☆.
- Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside..
- Stir together first 4 ingredients..
- Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans..
- Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake..
- ●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●.
- ●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium – high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●.
- ●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●.
- ●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●.
- For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake..
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