How to Prepare Perfect Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.

You can cook Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. You need 21/4 cups of all purpose flour.
2. You need 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
3. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
4. You need 1 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ginger.
7. You need 1/8 tsp of ground cloves.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
9. It's 1 lb of carrots (6-7 medium).
10. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar].
11. You need 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
12. You need 1/4 cup of molasses or date syrup.
13. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
14. It's 1 1/2 cups of canola oil.
15. You need of Frosting.
16. It's 12 oz of cream cheese.
17. Prepare 6 tbsp of unsalted butter.
18. Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
19. You need 4 cups of icing sugar.

Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line cupcake pans (24) or cake pan.
2. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt and mix.
3. Shred carrots (3cups).
4. Add carrots to dry ingredients.
5. Mix sugars and eggs, add the oil and continue to mix.
6. Mix into dry ingredients.
7. Scoop into cases and bake for 20-24 min or 1 hour (if cake).
8. Cool in pan for five mins and then transfer to rack.
9. Mix the butter and cream cheese add sugar and vanilla extract and keep mixing.
10. Frost as desired.