Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
I finally added a video to my old and trusty recipe for carrot cake, revamped with coconut oil this time. If you want to decorate it with candied carrots, simply slice them thinly and boil for a couple minutes in a syrup made from equal parts sugar and water. Carrot Cake is one of those classic recipes that works so well for any celebration. The bright orange color offset by creamy white frosting makes Carrot Cake the star of any dessert tray.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Prepare Carrot Cake:
- Take 1 cup pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
- Make ready 340 g raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
- Prepare 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Get 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Take 4 large eggs
- Get 1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
- Make ready 1 cup sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
- Get 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Prepare Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Take 1/4 cup (57 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Prepare 8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- Take 2 cups (230 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
- Take 1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract
- Take 1 teaspoon (4 grams) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Get 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)
Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture and blend well. Stir in carrots, coconut, vanilla, and pineapple. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gently stir into carrot mixture. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool.
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray cake pan.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
- With electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat, on high speed, until the batter is thick and light colored (about 3 - 4 minutes). With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the oil in a steady stream and then beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: With electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the lemon juice and beat until incorporated. Add the soft cream cheese in four to five additions (scraping the bowl as needed), beating until incorporated and the frosting is nice and smooth.
- To Assemble: Once the cake is cool, slice it in the middle. Place one layer of the cake on your serving platter. Spread with about 3/4 cup (150 grams) of the frosting. Gently place the second cake layer onto the frosting and spread the rest of the frosting over the top and sides of the cake. If desired, garnish with toasted nuts. Serve cold or bring to room temperature before serving.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gently stir into carrot mixture. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and nuts.
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