Best Carrot Cake Recipe
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4.6
Best Carrot Cake Recipe
Description
The Best Carrot Cake Recipe calls for beating together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, and vanilla until thick, then folding in a mix of flour, baking powder, and cinnamon followed by grated carrots and raisins. Baking the batter in a lined springform pan at 340°F (170°C) for over an hour creates a dense, moist cake with a subtle spice and sweet carrot flavor.
Once cooled, the cake is cut into layers and filled with cream cheese frosting, some portion tinted orange and green to pipe carrot decorations on the top, adding a themed presentation. The frosting adds tang and richness balancing the cake's sweetness.
This cake suits celebrations or dessert, delivering classic carrot cake texture with a moist crumb, tender carrot bits, and pleasant warmth from cinnamon.
Ingredients
- 4 large egg room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1 ¾ cups vegetable oil 14 fl oz/395 ml
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 14 oz/395 g
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 ½ cups (14 oz/400g) carrot peeled and finely grated
- ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) raisins
- 1 recipe cream cheese frosting Best-Ever
- Food Coloring orange and green
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.6
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