Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a 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 favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

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

Steps 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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