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carrot cake

crystal7 avatar
Recipe by
Crystal ~
@crystal7
Somewhere, IL

I have been making this carrot cake recipe for decades. This was my mother's favorite carrot cake because it does not have pineapples in it. I always made it for her on her birthday. It is a nice moist cake. You can add the pecans on top of the cake, decorate it a little, or leave it plain. It's all good!! :) If baking in a 9x13x2 pan, bake approx. for 45-55 minutes.

yield 12 -16
prep time 30 Min
cook time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For carrot cake

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 ½ cups vegetable oil or extra light tasting olive oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 cups freshly shredded carrots
  • ½ cup coconut, chopped fine
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped fine
  • cream cheese icing:
  • 1 package (8 ounces) of philadelphia cream cheese
  • 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened (1/2 cup)
  • 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ½ cup pecan pieces, optional

How To Make carrot cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2
    Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans; set aside.
  • 3
    In a large mixer bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed.
  • 4
    Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix for 1-2 minutes more.
  • 5
    Stir in the coconut, carrots, and pecans and mix until blended. Divide the batter into the two prepared pans.
  • 6
    Bake for 30- 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. (Bake 9x13x2 for 45-55 minutes).
  • 7
    Remove from oven and let the cake cool in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes then remove the cakes from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
  • 8
    Frost the carrot cake with cream cheese frosting:
  • 9
    In a mixer bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese until well blended.
  • 10
    Add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Beat until very creamy.
  • 11
    Spread frosting between layers of cake and then the entire cake. Note: If you want to pipe some decoration onto the cake, save a little of the frosting and tint it the color you want.
  • 12
    Optional, Sprinkle pecans on top of cake.
  • 13
    Refrigerate the cake, but the flavor will be better if you bring it to room before serving.
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