Best Moist And Easy Carrot Cake Recipes

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MOIST AND EASY CARROT CAKE RECIPE



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No need to exert extra effort to achieve the perfect carrot cake. Our Moist and Easy Carrot Cake Recipe only takes 15 minutes to prep. Moist and Easy Carrot Cake is so good, it doesn't even need frosting! Get your next party talking without breaking a sweat.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h25m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 cup raisins
4 eggs
1-1/4 cups oil
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
6 carrots, shredded (3 cups)
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • Combine first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Add raisins; toss to coat. Beat eggs, oil, sugars and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing well after each addition. Stir in carrots and nuts.
  • Pour into greased and floured 10-inch springform pan.
  • Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; remove rim. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 380, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Sodium 250 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 5 g

INCREDIBLY MOIST AND EASY CARROT CAKE RECIPE



Incredibly Moist and Easy Carrot Cake Recipe image

This cake is incredibly moist and light. It's up to you when it comes to the grated carrots. You can hand grate for the finest carrot pieces that sort of melt into the cake batter. A food processor makes quick work of grating carrots, but the pieces will be slightly larger. This is what we do and find it works really well in the cake. A third option is to use pre-grated carrots from the store. They work very well and help with prep time. The cake is very forgiving. You can make this with or without nuts and raisins. We like using both granulated and brown sugar in this - you could just use granulated sugar, though. **The creamy frosting recipe shared below is a soft frosting and is not ideal for frosting the entire cake. It is more of a stabilized whipped cream consistency than traditional cream cheese frosting.

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups (295 ml) canola or other vegetable oil
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
1 cup (200 grams) lightly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
3 cups (300 grams) grated peeled carrots (5 to 6 medium carrots)
1 cup (100 grams) coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup (65 grams) raisins
8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups (140 grams) powdered sugar
1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup (50 grams) coarsely chopped pecans, for topping cake

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 350º F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottom with parchment paper then grease the top of the paper. Or, grease and flour the bottom and sides of both pans.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and the cinnamon until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, sugars and vanilla. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, until blended.
  • Switch to a large rubber spatula. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, stirring gently until they disappear and the batter is smooth. Stir in the carrots, nuts and raisins.
  • Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans. Bake until the tops of the cake layers are springy when touched and when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean; 35 to 45 minutes.
  • Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes then turn out onto cooling racks, peel off parchment paper and cool completely.
  • In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with a handheld mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in the powdered sugar, a 1/4 cup at a time until fluffy. Pour in cream and beat on medium speed for 1 minute. Chill covered until ready to frost cake.
  • When the cake layers are completely cool, frost the top of one cake layer, place the other cake layer on top. Decoratively swirl the top of the cake with remaining frosting, leaving the sides unfrosted. Scatter nuts on top.

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