Best Ever Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Servings
- 4
Ingredients
- 1 3/8 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 carrots – grated
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup pecans crushed
- 4 oz cream cheese – softened
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter 4 tbsp softened
- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp heavy cream or milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
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Preheat oven to 350F
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Prepare a 9x5 loaf pan by coating with a non-stick
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spray & Line with parchment paper for easy removal, optional.
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In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt
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until combined.
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In a large bowl, mix together the eggs and sugar until combined. Then, add in the oil
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and vanilla. Mix everything together until the oil is fully combined.
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Stir in the dry ingredients.
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With a spatula, fold in the carrots, raisins and pecans.
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Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes.
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Cool for 10 minutes and then move the loaf to a rack and cool completely.
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Prepare the frosting by mixing all of the ingredients together in a mixer, add extra
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cream or milk if you want a thinner icing.
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Frost the cooled loaf and top with a few extra pecans if you like
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ENJOY!
Nutrition per serving
Counted from 0 of the 1 ingredients; the rest have no figures recorded, so this is not a complete total.
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