Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

For frosting, in another large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in the dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in the carrots and pecans.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake with cream cheese frosting using 17 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting:
  1. Prepare Cake:
  2. Take 2 cups AP flour
  3. Take 2 tsp baking powder
  4. Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  5. Take 1 tsp salt
  6. Make ready 1 cup melted butter
  7. Prepare 2 cups sugar
  8. Prepare 4 eggs
  9. Make ready 1 package matchstick carrots, chopped (or 2 cups grated)
  10. Prepare 8 oz can crushed pineapple
  11. Take 1 cup chopped walnuts
  12. Take 2 tsp vanilla
  13. Prepare Frosting:
  14. Take 8 oz cream cheese
  15. Prepare 1 \2 cup softened butter
  16. Get 1 cup confectioner sugar
  17. Take 2 tsp vanilla

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. Sift in the icing sugar and mix until the consistency is thick. When the cakes have completely cooled, remove from the sandwich tins, spread a quarter of the cream cheese frosting over one of the cake halves and sandwich together.

Instructions to make Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting:
  1. Preheat oven 350°
  2. Sift together dry ingredients
  3. Blend in oil, sugar and eggs
  4. Beat until well blended
  5. Mix in carrots, pineapple with juice, nuts and vanilla
  6. Pour into 2 greased 9" cake pans or a well greased bundt pan
  7. Bake 30-45 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean
  8. Cool completely before removing from pan
  9. Frosting:
  10. Beat butter and cream cheese until very well blended
  11. Add vanilla and mix thoroughly
  12. Add sugar in small increments, scraping sides and bottom of mixer frequently
  13. If you like a lot of frosting between layers you may want to double the recipe. A single recipe is perfect for a bundt
  14. Garnish with toasted chopped walnuts

Use the remaining frosting and cover the cake completely. This carrot cake is queen of all carrot cakes. Perfectly moist single layer applesauce carrot cake topped off with classic silky cream cheese frosting! The only dessert you'll need for Easter weekend, or any spring occasion. Cake recipes such as carrot cake love cream cheese frosting and this four-ingredient recipe is the perfect one to have on-hand.

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