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carrot cake

(1 rating)
12bsassy avatar
Recipe by
Cyndi McGrath
@12bsassy
Stephens City, VA

One of my favorites and always a hit.

(1 rating)
yield 10 -12
prep time 25 Min
cook time 30 Min

Ingredients For carrot cake

  • 1 cup
    butter (2 sticks) cut into pieces
  • 2 cups
    sugar
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 2 cups
    carrots, grated
  • 2 cups
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground ginger
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • FROSTING
  • 1 stick
    (8 tbsp.) softened butter
  • 1 pkg
    (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 2-3/4 cups
    sifted confectioners' sugar

How To Make carrot cake

  • 1
    Cream butter and sugar thoroughly with mixer. Add eggs and beat till mixture is smooth and silky, looking like mayonnaise and falls in ribbons from spoon. Beat in carrots.
  • 2
    Combine dry ingredients, sift and fold into carrot mixture by hand. Add vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased & floured 9" pans- no more than 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Cool in pan for 5 minutes then remove to cake rack, carefully.
  • 3
    For frosting: Put butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a mixer. Process till mixture is smooth and free of lumps. Add confectioner, salt and vanilla. Mix till smooth. To achieve a stiffer consistency, if desired, add more confectioners' sugar or chill.
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