Photo: Sigrid's Carrot Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 whole eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups grated carrots
- Butter, for greasing
Icing:
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans, chopped finely
Directions
For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix together the granulated sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and combine. Then add the carrots and mix well. Pour the batter into a greased and floured Bundt pan and bake until done, about 50 minutes. Leave to cool completely.
Meanwhile, for the icing: In a larger bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese together. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and blend. Then mix in the pecans. Spread the icing on the cooled carrot cake.
Eat. Faint. Repeat as needed.
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By veronica245
on April 17, 2013
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I loved this carrot cake but I though the amount of sugar both in the cake and frosting is a little insane. I did it exactly as it was and next time I think I will substitute one cup of white sugar for brown sugar in a cake, and put a little less in frosting as well.
By 10564675
Huntington Beac...
on April 16, 2013
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This is going to to sound crazy, I used this recipe to make a banana bread.....yes banana bread. I was looking for a recipe I could use that I had all the ingredients, I did have carrots but I had some nasty looking bananas so they won out. I used 4 mushy bananas and I added 1/2 cup of flour more. This was the BEST banana bread I have ever made. I'll be making the carrot cake next week.
By j_donkersloot03...
Worthington, MN
on March 31, 2013
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This carrot cake was awesome! I pureed an extra 1/2 c of carrots and combined it with 1/3c of sour cream and added it to the cake mix. This made the cake extra moist and more carroty! : Great and verrry easy recipe!
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