Best Carrot Cake Ever
Hard Caribbean Dessert

Best Carrot Cake Ever

Total Time
1h 5m
24m prep · 41m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
30 views

This is the best carrot cake recipe I have ever made! It's so moist and flavorful and makes a large quantity of cake. Since I started making it, I have been hounded to make this cake time and time again. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1.5 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple , drained
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Combine grated carrots and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Let sit for 1 hour, then stir in raisins.

  3. 3

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 10-inch round cake pans. Beat eggs in a large bowl until lighter in color.

  4. 4

    Gradually beat in white sugar, oil, and vanilla. Stir in pineapple.

  5. 5

    Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl, then stir into egg mixture until absorbed.

  6. 6

    Stir in carrot mixture and walnuts. Pour evenly into the prepared cake pans.

  7. 7

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.

  8. 8

    Cool for 10 minutes before removing cake from the pans; let cool completely.

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