Best Ever Carrot Cake
photo by Chickee
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
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Cake
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 (4 ounce) jars carrot baby food
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups flour
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Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 16 ounces confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
directions
- Combine all cake ingredients until well blended.
- Bake in a greased and floured pans at 350 F (for round layers, approx 40 minutes; for 10x14 sheet cake or bundt pan, approx 60 min).
- Test with toothpick for doneness - this is a very moist cake!
- Cool.
- Combine frosting ingredients in large bowl until very creamy.
- Frost cake when it is completely cooled (putting cake in freezer for 15 minutes once cooled sometimes makes icing easier).
- Enjoy! This cake freezes very well!
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Reviews
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Very moist and tasty. I added walnuts to the cake and also a few on the top after frosting. It was very well received at the party by young and old alike. Several people asked for the recipe saying it was the moistest carrot cake they had ever tasted. I used a 10" x 14" and it was a bit overdone at 55 minutes. I'll check after 50 minutes next time.
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