This recipe makes a fabulous and moist carrot cake. Try it for Thanksgiving instead of or in addition to pumpkin pie.
Prep
22 min
Cook
34 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
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
, 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.
Nutrition per serving
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