Carrot Cake

How to Cook Recipes Carrot Cake using 13 ingredients and 3 steps

Carrot Cake - My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake. I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it! Says that it rivals his favorite carrot cake recipe. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.

Different from traditional carrot cakes, this cake is extremely moist and flavorful and is topped with a buttermilk glaze while still warm.

Try it and I think you will agree that it is the best!!

You can have Carrot Cake using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients make Carrot Cake

1. Prepare 175 g self raising flour.
2. You need 175 ml sunflower oil.
3. You need 175 g light brown soft sugar.
4. Prepare 3 large eggs, lightly beaten.
5. Prepare 140 g grated carrot (about 3 medium carrots).
6. It's 100 g raisins.
7. It's 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda.
8. You need 1 tsp ground cinnamon.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg.
10. It's For the icing:.
11. Prepare 110 g unsalted butter, softened.
12. You need 225 g full fat cream cheese.
13. Prepare 480 g icing sugar.

Carrot Cake step by step

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/Fan 160/Gas 4. Grease & line two 20cm sandwich tins with baking paper. Put the sugar into a mixing bowl, pour in the oil & add the eggs. Mix together lightly then stir in the carrots & raisins. Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda & spices then sift into the bowl. Mix together gently until all the ingredients are incorporated. The mixture should be quite soft & runny..
2. Divide the mixture between the prepared tins & bake for 40-45 minutes. To check insert a skewer or tip of a knife, if it comes out clean it's done. The cake should also feel firm & springy to touch. Allow the cakes to cool for 5 minutes in their tins then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely..
3. To make the icing beat together the butter & cream cheese then carefully mix in the icing sugar. I mix in about 1/3 at a time as it can get messy! Place one of the cakes on a serving plate & spread with half of the icing. Take the other cake & carefully place it on top then spread over the rest of the icing. Decorate with walnut halves if you wish..

Carrot Cake - In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour. For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing. Oil keeps the cake nice and moist — any neutral flavored oil will work. While some recipe historians trace the roots of carrot cake back to medieval times, we disagree. Thank you and good luck