Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.

Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

1. Prepare 2 cups flour
2. Prepare 3 cups shredded carrots
3. Make ready 2 tsp baking powder
4. Get 2 tsp baking soda
5. Take 4 large eggs
6. Get 2 tsp ground cinnamon
7. Get 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
8. Make ready 1 1/2 cup white sugar
9. Get 1/2 cup brown sugar
10. Get 1 cup chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
11. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla
12. Take 1 tsp ground nutmeg
13. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
14. Get For Frosting
15. Take 8 oz cream cheese
16. Take 4 cups powdered sugar
17. Make ready 1/2 cup butter
18. Take 1 tsp vanilla

This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting.

Instructions to make Carrot Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.
2. Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans
3. Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)
4. Add the batter to the baking pan and place in the oven to bake for 40 to 50 mins. When finish baking put to cool for abt 1hr
5. For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.
6. Once cake is cool remove from baking pan and place on a cake rack. Spread frosting to the top and then topped with pecans. (Nb because I made 2 cakes I shave the top of one of the cake to be flat enough then I spread frosting then I place the second cake on top then spread frosting again n all over the cakes). Hope you enjoy!!!

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