How to Make Ultimate Carrot Cake

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

1. Prepare 2 cups flour
2. Make ready 3 cups shredded carrots
3. Take 2 tsp baking powder
4. Get 2 tsp baking soda
5. Make ready 4 large eggs
6. Get 2 tsp ground cinnamon
7. Prepare 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
8. Prepare 1 1/2 cup white sugar
9. Prepare 1/2 cup brown sugar
10. Make ready 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
11. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
12. Get 1 tsp ground nutmeg
13. Take 1/2 tsp salt
14. Take For Frosting
15. Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
16. Get 4 cups powdered sugar
17. Take 1/2 cup butter
18. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions to make Carrot Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.
2. Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans
3. Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)
4. Add the batter to the baking pan and place in the oven to bake for 40 to 50 mins. When finish baking put to cool for abt 1hr
5. For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.
6. Once cake is cool remove from baking pan and place on a cake rack. Spread frosting to the top and then topped with pecans. (Nb because I made 2 cakes I shave the top of one of the cake to be flat enough then I spread frosting then I place the second cake on top then spread frosting again n all over the cakes). Hope you enjoy!!!

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