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  • February 8, 2023

Carrot Cake

January 24, 2013 By Betsy Cohen

All the Carrot Cake goodies wrapped up in one gorgeous dessert!  Cinnamon, nutmeg, pineapple, cream cheese, carrots and pecans to name just a few.

Carrot Cake

It dawned on me that I had not made a carrot cake for quite some time. Fortunately, I had plans to go to a friend’s house for dinner with the kids so I texted her asking if she liked Carrot Cake. Good thing that she thought it was a great idea.

As I was preparing the cake, I couldn’t help but wonder why I had waited so long in between Carrot Cakes. This has to be one of the easiest cakes to make since the most time consuming part is grating the carrots. Thanks to my food processor, this is really quick and easy.

All the Carrot Cake goodies wrapped up in one gorgeous dessert!  Cinnamon, nutmeg, pineapple, cream cheese, carrots and pecans to name just a few.

I love the smoothness of the cream cheese frosting which is a breeze to apply to the cake. One tip I learned decades ago is that it is much easier to frost a cold cake than one that is room temperature. The cake is sturdier and when I rub excess crumbs off, before frosting, I don’t worry that a chunk of cake will come with it.

Can you frost a cake at room temperature? Absolutely, and if this way works best for you or if you do not have the time to wait for the cake to sit in the refrigerator, by all means frost it at room temperature.

Applying the toasted pecans around the side is also simple. Placing strips of wax paper under the edges of the cake and extending over the edge of the serving plate makes cleaning up a breeze.

According to my 22 year old son, Joshua, there was only one thing this Carrot Cake was missing…chocolate. As I carried my moist, beautiful cake to the car, Joshua’s comment was, “Where’s the chocolate?” Next time I’ll bring a chocolate bar with the Carrot Cake so EVERYONE can leave the meal happy.

Pin it: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/26106872812144547/

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Carrot Cake
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Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: inspired by: Carolyn Quick Tillery
Prep time: 50 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 8 ounces coarsely grated carrots
  • 1-1/3 cups vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1½ cups pecans, chopped
  • 1 8 or 8¼ ounce can crushed pineapple, do not drain
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • Cream cheese frosting:
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 pound confectioners sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups pecan halves, toasted and coarsely chopped
Instructions
  1. For the cake:
  2. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 2 – 9” cake pans and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
  3. Place flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl and blend together. Add carrots, oil and eggs. Beat until well mixed. Add pecans, pineapple, vanilla and lemon juice and stir. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in 350° oven for 40 minutes.
  4. Remove pans from the oven and cool on a rack in pans for 10 minutes. Flip pans out onto another cooling rack and then invert cakes to cool completely on a rack.
  5. For the cream cheese frosting:
  6. Place butter, cream cheese, confectioners sugar and vanilla into large mixing bowl. Mix on low speed until blended and increase speed to beat mixture until smooth and creamy, scraping down bowl as needed.
  7. Before frosting cake, level off cake halves with a serrated knife. Place cake layer, trimmed side down, on a serving plate. Spread 1¼ cups frosting over top. Place second cake layer, trimmed side down, over frosting. Spread remaining frosting evenly over the top and side of cake.
  8. Place strips of wax paper under edge of the cake, extending them over the edge of the serving plate. Apply the toasted pecans onto the side of the frosted cake. Remove wax paper strips. Refrigerate until set.
  9. Betsy's tidbits:
  10. I prefer to frost the layers when the cake is very cold or frozen briefly as this prevents crumbs from spreading into the frosting.
  11. The wax paper strips allow for an easy cleanup.
  12. If desired, reserve 2 tablespoons of frosting to pipe a star onto the middle of the finished cake. Cut a corner off a freezer bag and insert star tip. Once cake is frosted and pecans are on, place reserved frosting into bag and pipe star. Place a toasted pecan in the middle of the star.
  13. Allow cake to sit outside refrigerator for an hour before serving.
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Happylicious By Betsy December 2015 lo res I have loved desserts for as long as I can remember. Growing up I loved the smell of freshly baked challah in my maternal great-grandmother’s kitchen, the incredible butter cookies from my paternal grandmother and the perfect pies my mother used to bake when company came over. More about me.
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