Howdy folks! 😊
If there’s a cake I enjoy because I don’t get to eat it everyday – It’s Carrot cake! I like to ‘preserve it’ for special occasions, because of all the love that goes into making it. 💕
With just enough spice from the Cinnamon, I love the texture that the carrots 🥕🥕 bring, and the taste of course 😋. Not overwhelmingly sweet, but coupled with Cream cheese frosting – Heavenly!👌🏾
Anyway, enough talking – You just have to try this recipe! Here’s what you’ll need 👇🏾
Carrot Cake
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium12
servings15
minutes50
minutesIngredients
2 Cups of Grated/Shredded Carrots
2 Cups flour
2 Cups Brown Sugar
2 Teaspoons Bicarbonate of Soda
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
1 1/2 Cups mild Vegetable Oil
4 Eggs
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Cream Cheese
1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla essence
4 cups Icing Sugar
Directions
- Start by greasing your baking pan and dusting it with flour. Also preheat the oven to about 170 degrees Celsius 😊
- Sieve together, in a bowl, the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until evenly combined. 😊
- In another bowl, combine the grated Carrots with the sugar, eggs, Vanilla and Oil. Mix until ingredients are well incorporated. 😊
- Then, to the Carrot mixture, start incorporating the flour a bit at a time, until all is mixed in, without any lumps. 😊
- Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan, and then bake on the middle rack of the oven until the top of the cake/s is springy when touched. About 40-50 minutes. Also, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake, and when it comes out clean, then the cake is done. 😊
- Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. 😊
- Prepare the frosting by creaming the butter and cream cheese until creamy. Then add in the Vanilla and gradually mix in the icing sugar, a bit at a time until well combined and dissolved. 😋
- Proceed to ice your cake, and decorate as desired. I made 2 cakes and layered them, so my cake was quite big…😊
- Slice and serve as desired. Enjoy! 😋💕
I’m excited to try this. I’ve never actually made a carrot cake before.
I think most folks are afraid to try it cos it seems complicated…but this is a really simplified recipe, with great results!…so please go ahead! 🙂