Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This is a tall, moist carrot cake, light in texture and lightly spiced with cinnamon and touch of nutmeg. Heavy cream whipped into the cream cheese frosting makes it extra fluffy. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake with cream cheese frosting using 17 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting:
- Make ready Cake:
- Make ready 2 cups AP flour
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Get 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 cup melted butter
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Get 4 eggs
- Make ready 1 package matchstick carrots, chopped (or 2 cups grated)
- Take 8 oz can crushed pineapple
- Make ready 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
- Prepare Frosting:
- Take 8 oz cream cheese
- Take 1 \2 cup softened butter
- Get 1 cup confectioner sugar
- Take 2 tsp vanilla
I just added some grated carrots, crushed pineapple, nuts, and spices. My carrot cake just doesn't feel complete with out it. This cream cheese frosting comes together with little effort and adds a tangy sweetness that works beautifully with carrot cake. A little frosting tip for you: When adding frosting to cakes use an ice cream scoop rather than your spatula to get the frosting to the cake!
Instructions to make Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting:
- Preheat oven 350°
- Sift together dry ingredients
- Blend in oil, sugar and eggs
- Beat until well blended
- Mix in carrots, pineapple with juice, nuts and vanilla
- Pour into 2 greased 9" cake pans or a well greased bundt pan
- Bake 30-45 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean
- Cool completely before removing from pan
- Frosting:
- Beat butter and cream cheese until very well blended
- Add vanilla and mix thoroughly
- Add sugar in small increments, scraping sides and bottom of mixer frequently
- If you like a lot of frosting between layers you may want to double the recipe. A single recipe is perfect for a bundt
- Garnish with toasted chopped walnuts
Whisk the oil, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until blended. Add the cream cheese and vanilla, and beat until blended. Sift in the icing sugar and work it in gently with a spatula. If the butter and cream cheese are the wrong temperatures, the frosting can. This carrot cake is queen of all carrot cakes.
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