Carrot cake
Carrot cake

Hi, I am Clara. Today, I will show you a way to prepare carrot cake recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit more unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.

Carrot cake Recipe

Carrot cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Carrot cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:

  1. Take 2 1/2 cups (325 g) All Purpose Flour
  2. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  3. Get 1 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
  4. Make ready 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  6. Make ready 2 cups (400 g) Sugar
  7. Prepare 4 Large Eggs
  8. Take 1 cup (218 g) Vegetable Oil
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  10. Prepare 2 cups (180 g) Grated Carrots
  11. Make ready 3/4 cup (92 g) Chopped Pecans
  12. Get 3/4 cup (50 g) Coconut (I used Bakers Angel Flake Sweetened coconut)
  13. Take 1 (8 oz) can Crushed Pineapple (put in strainer and let juice drain. I used a fork to press out more liquid

Steps to make Carrot cake:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line the bottoms of 3 (8inch) or 2 (9inch) round pans with wax or parchment paper, grease with shortening and flour the paper and pans for easy release when turning out……carrot cake has a tendency to stick so be sure to use the paper.
  3. In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup oil and 1 tsp. vanilla. Mix 2 to 3 minutes at medium speed until well blended and light colored.
  4. With a spoon stir in the flour until moistened, then add the carrots, pecans crushed pineapple and coconut.
  5. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Refrain from opening the oven door or touching the center of the cake to test for doneness until very near the end of baking time or it could cause the cake to sink slightly in the center.
  6. Cool cake layers in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack then turn out. Cool completely before frosting.

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