Best Carrot Cake" With Cream Cheese Icing
Best Carrot Cake" With Cream Cheese Icing is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 6 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 11g of protein, 56g of fat, and a total of 989 calories. For $1.49 per serving, this recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodista has 82 fans. A mixture of eggs, vegetable oil, pecans, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is perfect for Easter. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 53%. Similar recipes include Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing, Carrot Cake With Pecan Cream Filling and Cream Cheese Icing, and Carrot Cake with Maple-Cream Cheese Icing.
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups grated carrots
1 cup well drained crushed pineapple
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans (toasted for better flavour)
1 package cream cheese (8 ounces/ 250 g)
1/4 cup butter softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup icing sugar
Equipment:
mixing bowl
bowl
skewers
oven
Cooking instruction summary:
Cake Batter: Sift and blend the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon,nutmeg and salt into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together the sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir in the carrots pineapple and pecans. Transfer to two prepared 8" square cake pans. Bake in a pre-heated 350 F oven for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Icing: Add the cream cheese and butter to a bowl and beat until smooth. Pour in the vanilla and gradually beat in the icing sugar, until a smooth consistency.
Step by step:
Cake Batter
1. Sift and blend the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon,nutmeg and salt into a large mixing bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, beat together the sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir in the carrots pineapple and pecans.
3. Transfer to two prepared 8" square cake pans.
4. Bake in a pre-heated 350 F oven for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Icing
1. Add the cream cheese and butter to a bowl and beat until smooth.
2. Pour in the vanilla and gradually beat in the icing sugar, until a smooth consistency.
Nutrition Information:
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