Recipe: Perfect Carrot Cake

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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.

It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. You can cook Carrot Cake using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

  1. You need of Cake.
  2. It's 2 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
  3. Prepare 6 medium of Carrots.
  4. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of backing soda.
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of allspice.
  7. You need 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
  8. It's 1/4 tsp of nutmeg.
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
  10. Prepare 1 1/3 cup of sugar.
  11. It's 1/4 cup of brown sugar (packed).
  12. Prepare 3 large of eggs.
  13. You need 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.
  14. It's 6 oz of plain yogurt.
  15. You need of Frosting.
  16. It's 8 oz of cream cheese.
  17. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  18. Prepare 2 cup of powdered sugar.
  19. It's 2 oz of unsalted butter (room temp).

The origins of carrot cake are disputed. This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots.

Carrot Cake step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Line 9 inch round pan with parchment paper. Butter and flour the pan also.
  3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt in bowl.
  4. Chop Carrots. Combine with dry mix..
  5. Combine sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, and yogurt..
  6. Combine wet into dry mixture..
  7. Add to cake pan..
  8. Bake for 45 mins. Reduce Heat to 325 and Cook for another 15-20 mins or until cake temp is 205°F in center..
  9. Cool on Rack..
  10. For Frosting: mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar..

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