I don’t care what anyone says, carrot cake is in the God tier of cakes. Moist, light, sweet and overall delicious there are little to no faults to this masterpiece – plus, if you really wanted to you could pass it off as one of your five-a-day!
Ingredients
The cake:
2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups (295 ml) canola or other vegetable oil
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
1 cup (200 grams) lightly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
3 cups (300 grams) grated peeled carrots (5 to 6 medium carrots)
1 cup (100 grams) coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup (65 grams) raisins
*Raisins and Pecans can be substituted or omitted completely*
The frosting:
8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups (140 grams) powdered sugar
1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup (50 grams) coarsely chopped pecans, for topping cake
Method
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Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottom with parchment paper then grease the top of the paper.
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Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until well blended.
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In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, sugars, and vanilla. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, until combined.
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Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, gently stirring until they disappear and the batter is smooth.
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Stir in the carrots, nuts, and raisins.
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Divide the between prepared cake pans. Bake for 35-40 minutes
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Cool for 15 minutes then turn out onto cooling racks, peel off the parchment paper and cool completely.
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In a large bowl, beat until creamy, about 1 minute.
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Beat in the icing sugar, a 1/4 cup at a time until fluffy.
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When the cake layers are completely cool, frost the top of one cake layer, place the other cake layer on top.
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Decoratively swirl the top of the cake with remaining frosting, leaving the sides unfrosted. Scatter nuts on top.
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