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. This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. You can have CARROT CAKE using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of CARROT CAKE
- It’s 1 1/2 cup of mashed bananas.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of grated carrots.
- It’s 1/2 cup of chopped nuts (optional).
- You need of dry.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup of flour.
- Prepare 3 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s 3 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda.
- You need of wet.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of cooking oil.
- It’s 5 of eggs.
- You need of icing.
- It’s 100 grams of softened butter.
- It’s 2 cup of icing sugar.
- Prepare 100 ml of cream cheese (plain).
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract (or essence).
- It’s 1 of carrots, lemon rind or chopped nuts for garnish.
- It’s tsp of vanilla essence.
Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. The origins of carrot cake are disputed.
CARROT CAKE instructions
- Preheat oven 180°C. Cream eggs and sugar together.
- Add oil, carrots, nuts, and bananas.
- Add dry ingredients.
- Pour into Prepared cake tins 20×20 for square or standard round cake tin. Don't over fill as it rises quite alot. Bake for 30 minutes or until centre is dry when you stick skewer in it.
- For the icing…wait for the cake to cool down.
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add cream cheese and mix.
- Add vanilla essence and mix.
- Grate carrot and lemon rind or nuts to garnish.
This Carrot Cake with pineapple and coconut is a family favorite, made every year for all sorts of celebrations from birthdays to Easter! Originally from the Silver Palate cookbook, we've made several. A wonderfully moist, perfectly spiced carrot cake recipe. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe! It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting.
