Easy Carrot Cake
Medium French Dessert

Easy Carrot Cake

Total Time
56 min
22m prep · 34m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This recipe makes a fabulous and moist carrot cake. Try it for Thanksgiving instead of or in addition to pumpkin pie.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1.5 cups vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 package cream cheese , 3 ounce
  • 0.25 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2.5 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.

  2. 2

    Combine the sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, soda, oil. With an electric mixer beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the carrots and the walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.

  3. 3

    Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour 20 minutes. Note: this cake can be made in two 9 inch layer cake pans just change the baking time to 40 minutes.

  4. 4

    To Make Frosting: With an electric mixer blend the cream cheese and cream. Add the vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Frosting can be spread and a still warm cake.

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