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Carrot Cake

July 23, 2012 by Louise

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This carrot cake recipe is not only easy but produces a very moist carrot cake that makes it an absolute winner. I made it in two round cake pans but I’m sure you could use it for carrot cake muffins as well! So here you go, the perfect recipe to make carrot cake from scratch.








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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

Carrot Cake


  • Author: Louise
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 1 double-layered cake 1x
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Description

The most perfect, moist and delicious classic carrot cake recipe with cream cheese icing.


Ingredients

Carrot Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 2 cups of brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup chopped pecan nuts
  • 1/2 cup raisins

Cream Cheese Icing

  • 500g cream cheese
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 100g butter softened
 
 
 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Grease two round baking tins or one 9 x 13 inch pan.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla essence.
  3. Sieve the flour, baking soda and baking powder into the bowl. Add the cinnamon and salt and beat together.
  4. Stir in the carrots, raisins and pecan nuts.
  5. Pour into the prepared pan/s
  6. bake at 175°C for 40-50 minutes (inserting a toothpick into the centre of the cake must come out clean)
  7. Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes before turning it out onto a wire cooling rack. Allow it to cool completely before icing.
Cream Cheese Icing
  1. Add all the ingredients into a bowl and mix until smooth and creamy. Ice the cooled cake and decorate with whole pecan nuts and dust with cinnamon.
 

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Comments

  1. Brendan

    July 27, 2012 at 6:52 pm

    EX the raisins and this recipe is unbelievable. This is just my preference, I really don’t enjoy baking with raisins because I always find their flavour to be a little overpowering. I’m sure that this recipe will still be a winner if you enjoy using raisins…

  2. Gergana Dimitrova

    February 1, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    I will give it a try looks great. Great Recipe.

  3. Wayne

    June 28, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    Hi, I baked this carrot cake for my Dad for Father’s day this year and it was the best and most moist cake Ive ever had. So proud of myself! I also removed the raisins, just dont like them, and added the juice and grated rind of one Orange which made it super moist. My family absolutely loved it. Will keep this recipe for ever and make this cake often. It’s my dad’s birthday this Sunday and I’m desperately looking for an Orange cake recipe. Please email me if you have one. Thanks for a super delicious and absolutely moist carrot cake! Yum!

    • Louise

      July 12, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      Thanks for the feedback Wayne!! I don’t have an Orange Cake Recipe but that sure does sound nice. 🙂

  4. Wayne

    July 12, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    No problem, I actually used your carrot cake recipe for the Orange cake just added orange juice and rind, used white sugar instead of brown and took out half a cup of the oil. It was ok but not as moist as the carrot. The baking time should be reduced I think. Mmmm could use some of that carrot cake right about now, really best ever! Thanks!

    • Louise

      July 12, 2013 at 1:51 pm

      Hi Wayne

      Oh brilliant, how creative! I could SO do with that Carrot Cake right now too! Oh my goodness!! Thanks for the reminder hah hah! 🙂

  5. Duduzile

    October 8, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    It looks delicious I am going 2 make it for my birthday

  6. Sylvia

    January 30, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    The cake look yummy I’m going to try it tonight

  7. Simone

    August 26, 2016 at 3:29 am

    Hi there
    What flour can i use as a substitiute for all purporse flour. Its not available where i live:(

    Thanks!

    ★★★★

  8. Kraig Daer

    June 1, 2017 at 11:12 pm

    Looks very easy and easy to use to use

  9. Duane Craddieth

    June 1, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    This is an excellent feature, an eye-opener for sure!

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