Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp nutmeg, grated; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp Salt; 2 tsp baking soda; 1.25 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup granulated white sugar; 1 cup Brown sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 3 cups carrots, grated; 1 tsp grated ginger; 1/4 cup Raisins (optional); 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional); 3/74 cup unsalted butter, room temp; 8 oz cream cheese, room temp; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 lb icing sugar

8 steps

Prep:30minCook:40min

Updated at: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:26:34 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1173.3 kcal (59%)

Total Fat69.7 g (100%)

Carbs132.1 g (51%)

Sugars103.5 g (115%)

Protein8.8 g (18%)

Sodium730.9 mg (37%)

Fiber2.5 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

2 cupsall-purpose flour

½ tspnutmeg

grated

2 tspground cinnamon

1 tspsalt

2 tspbaking soda

1 ¼ cupvegetable oil

1 cupgranulated white sugar

1 cupbrown sugar

4eggs

large

2 tspvanilla extract

3 cupscarrots

grated

1 tspgrated ginger

¼ cupraisins

optional

1 cuppecans

or walnuts, chopped, optional

1 tspvanilla extract

¼ teaspoonsalt

1 lbicing sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F then grease and line two 9" round cake pans or four 6" round cake pans.

Step 2

Whisk together all-purpose flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and baking soda. Set aside.

Step 3

In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, brown sugar, g. sugar, vanilla extract, vegetable oil.

Step 4

Whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined then add shredded carrots. Once combined add in the raisins and/or pecans.. Mix until combined.

Step 5

Divide batter evenly into the cake pans and place into the preheated oven. Bake for 35-45 minutes until toothpick in the center comes out clean. Cool completley before frosting.

Step 6

For the Cream Cheese Frosting, whisk together the butter and cream cheese until combined.

Step 7

Add salt, vanilla, and sifted icing sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Cover and rest in fridge until cake is completley cooled.

Step 8

Once cakes are cooled, layer with cream cheese frosting and enjoy!