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best carrot cake recipe

Best Carrot Cake Recipe

For a 22 cm diameter mold
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Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:40 minutes
Total Time:1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 250 g flour
  • 100 g granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or more
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 fresh eggs
  • 120 g vegetable oil
  • 4 grated carrots (approximately 300 to 350 g)
  • 100 g chopped pecans

For the icing

  • 250 g of cream cheese such as Philadelphia
  • 50 g of softened butter at room temperature
  • 80 g of icing sugar

For decoration

  • 15 to 20 pecans for decoration

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients well.
  • In another container, mix the oil and eggs, then incorporate the mixture into the rest of the dry ingredients.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Peel, wash, and grate the carrots; add them to the batter along with the vanilla, then mix.
  • Pour the batter into a loaf pan or cake tin that has been greased and floured.
  • Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the cake is golden brown.
    Check whether it is cooked by inserting a knife; the blade should come out of the cake dry.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool.
  • Gently unmold the cake and cut it in half horizontally.
  • For the frosting, mix all the ingredients together thoroughly.
  • Spread a layer of frosting over the bottom half of the cake, then place the second half on top.
  • Spread the remaining frosting over the top—and optionally the sides—of the cake, then decorate with the pecans, either whole or crushed.