Medium French Dessert

Easy Carrot Cake

Name: Easy Carrot Cake
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 34 min
Total time: 56 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
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

Total Time

56 min

22m prep · 34m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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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

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

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

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.