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.
Sometimes pecans, pineapple, and shredded coconut is added in the mix.
The origins of carrot cake are disputed.
How to make carrot cake from scratch.
You can have Carrot cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Carrot cake
- Prepare 2 cups of flour.
- It's 2 teaspoons of baking soda.
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of fine sea salt.
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1 cup of brown sugar.
- It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
- It's 4 of large eggs.
- It's 3 cups of grated carrots.
- It's 1/2 of raisins.
- You need of Nuts if required.
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Carrot cake step by step
- Mix oil, sugars & eggs one at a time in a bowl and whisk until combined..
- Mix other dry ingredients in a bowl..
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients in 3 portions..
- Add carrots and raisins..
- Divide batter into two, grease two 9" pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean..
- Cool & decorate with icing of choice (I used ermine buttercream), garnish with carrots..
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- You can serve plain too. Enjoy..
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