&!

$& ☺ ( ❤❤ "
%*
❤

Recipes Quarantine Cooking Shop Search Tasty

527 TIPS 96% WOULD MAKE AGAIN

Carrot Cake
Kiano Moju
Tasty Team

Print

Total Time Prep Time Cook Time

1 hr 55 min 25 minutes 30 minutes

Ingredients Preparation
for 10 servings 1 Preheat the oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
3 cups carrot (450 g), Grease 3 8-inch (20 cm) round cake
hand-grated pans and line with parchment paper.
2 ½ cups all-purpose 2 Grate the carrots on the small holes
flour (310 g), plus 1
tablespoon, divided of a box grater. Set aside.

2 teaspoons ground 3 In a large bowl, sift together 2½ cups

cinnamon (310 G) of flour, the cinnamon,
¼ teaspoon allspice allspice, salt, baking powder, and
1 teaspoon kosher salt baking soda. Whisk together.
1 teaspoon baking
4 In a separate large bowl, beat the
powder
brown sugar, granulated sugar, and
½ teaspoon baking soda
eggs together with an electric hand
1 cup light brown sugar mixer on medium speed until just
(200 g), packed
combined.
½ cup granulated sugar
(100 g) 5 With the mixer running, gradually
3 large eggs, room pour in the vegetable oil.
temperature
6 With the mixer on medium-low
1 cup vegetable oil
(240 mL) speed, add ⅓ of the flour mixture at
a time to the wet ingredients. Beat
1 cup raisin (150 g)
just to incorporate. Stop mixing when
1 cup crushed pineapple
there is just a small amount of flour
(225 g), canned
visible.
ICING 7 In a small bowl, toss the raisins with
1 cup unsalted butter the remaining tablespoon of flour.
(225 g), (2 sticks) room
temperature 8 Add the raisin, grated carrots, and
12 oz cream cheese pineapple to the batter and fold to
(340 g), room incorporate with a rubber spatula.
temperature
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla 9 Divide the cake batter evenly
extract between the prepared pans and
2 cups powdered sugar smooth the tops.
(240 g)
10 Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a fork
2 cups walnuts (200 g), inserted in the center of a cake
crushed
comes out clean.

11 Cool the cakes on a wire rack until

Nutrition Info the pans are cool to the touch.
Powered by
Remove the cakes from the pans and
View Info
let cool completely on the rack.

12 Make the icing: In a large bowl, beat

together the butter, cream cheese,
and vanilla with an electric hand
mixer on medium-low speed. Once
combined, mix on medium-high
speed for 30 seconds, until light and
fluffy.

13 Add the powdered sugar, ½ cup (60

G) at a time, beating on medium-low
speed to incorporate each addition.

14 Assemble the cake: Check to see if

the top of each cake is flat. If not, use
a serrated knife level off the cakes.

15 Place 1 cake layer on a serving

platter or cake stand. Spoon ¼ of the
icing on top and spread in an even
layer. Add another layer of cake and
spread with another ¼ of the icing.
Set the last cake layer on top with
the bottom up to ensure a very flat
surface. Spread the rest of the icing
over the top and sides.

16 Gently press the walnuts into the

icing around the sides of the cake.

17 Chill for 30-60 minutes to let the

icing set, then slice and serve.

18 Enjoy!

Related Recipes

The Ultimate Chiffon Cake Birthday Classic Chocolate Earl Grey Classic Yellow
Funfetti Cake Explosion Cake Cake Blackberry Cake Cake

Let's quarantine cook!

We've curated a bunch of recipes & tips to make cooking easier for you during this time!

Easy Recipes Kitchen Hacks Baking Projects

Grocery Tips Cheat Sheets See all

Submit a recipe to Tasty

Have a recipe of your own to share? Submit your recipe here.

Tips Sort: Most helpful 1 of 88

Jayden Noah Dias born_a_baker

Amazing!made for my I followed the recipe
mom and every body exactly and I added a
came to taste i am only tablespoon of pineapple
10 i did it my self i love juice for added flavor
baking will definetly and the cake was moist
make again and delicious! When I
1 year ago Helpful (481) was making the cream
cheese frosting my
hart_e
butter was still a bit too
I made it into muffins and
cold and I ended up
it was
having lumps throughout
1 year ago Helpful (298)
my frosting. To fix this I
roxychef microwaved the bowl for
With this recipe I made 3 20 seconds, and it
layers of cake 8” rounds became the smooth
. In the frosting recipe I consistency I wanted.
left the butter out and 1 year ago Helpful (253)
added 1/2 cup more of
powered sugar . Used Alica Karšková
made it for a family party,
frosting to make carrots
everyone loved it ! used
as a decoración . Instead
just a bit less sugar in
of raisins added coconut
the icing
flakes and the walnuts I
1 year ago Helpful (180)
chopped and added to
mix . Noor Al-sayegh
1 year ago Helpful (286) I don’t like raisins so I
swiped it to walnut and I
didn’t add pineapple at
all IT WAS AWESOME
AND EVERYONE LOVED
IT
1 year ago Helpful (167)

THE TASTY NEWSLETTER

Easy recipes and cooking hacks right to

your inbox.
Your email address Sign up

Questions, comments, or issues?

Provide Feedback

Privacy Policy
User Agreement

a brand