The Best Carrot Cake Recipe
There are lots of different recipes for carrot cake out there. But I feel confident in calling this one The Best Carrot Cake Recipe.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time35 minutes mins
cooling20 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: cake, Easter
Keyword: The Best Carrot Cake Recipe
Servings: 12
Calories: 663kcal
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 8 oz. can of crushed pineapple drained and most of the liquid squeezed out.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups grated carrots using cheese grater
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 3.5 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 extra chopped pecans for the edge and top edge of cake about 1 cup
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2, 9 inch cake pans.
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, apple sauce, brown sugar, white sugar and 3 teaspoons vanilla.
Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Once well combined, stir in grated carrots, pineapple and pecans.
Pour into prepared pans .Bake in the preheated oven for 30 - 35 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
Frosting:
In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy. Place one round cake on platter and add frosting to center of cake. Top with second cake round and frost completely.
Add chopped pecans around bottom edge of cake and a ring around the outer edge of cake.
Calories: 663kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 486mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 76g | Vitamin A: 5784IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 2mg