Carrot Cake

Name: Carrot Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups grated carrots; 2 cups sugar; 1 1/3 cups salad oil; 4 eggs; 3 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup chopped nuts; 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese; 1/2 cup butter; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Submitted by Charlotte J

"Quick and easy moist cake with a cream cheese frosting."

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photo by Natasza

Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 18

ingredients

3 cups grated carrots
2 cups sugar
1 ¹⁄₃ cups salad oil
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup chopped nuts
Frosting
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
¹⁄₂ cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

Mix all cake ingredients together and put in a 9x13-inch pan.
Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until cake tester (your common toothpick works well) comes out clean. (After reading Gina's review I adjusted the baking temperature and time).
Cool.
Frosting: Cream together cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.

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Reviews

Why can't I give this a "10"??? Easy, fast, delicious! I, too, doubled the frosting, but used only 3 cups powdered sugar. I used to not make carrot cakes because they took so long--I'm so glad this was posted--thanks for sharing, Charlotte J!

Biasi4
Nice recipe,added an extra 12 cup of walnuts, 2 t cinnamon + 3 t mixed spice for a darker and nuttier cake. It took alot longer to bake though at least treble the time.

g flavell
libbie used thi recipe also she added 3 t of cinnamon though and 1/2 c nuts also in frosting thanks for posting this charlotte sh used the recipe alot . and was in very old black book

Dienia B.
PERFECT!!!! I made this for a family dinner and it was delicious! I did use my grandma's cream cheese frosting recipe instead. Thanks so much!

Raneven
Fantastic, just the recipe I wanted, and it came out perfectly! I halved the quantities and made it in a bundt tin as an experiment, successful, thankfully. Still needed 45 mins at 180c. English so not that familiar with cups, easy enough for sugar etc but used 6 smallish carrots, 'some' walnuts and 'some' butter in the frosting. Loved the chuck-it-all-in-the-blender approach. Will be making this again in a hurry, thanks Charlotte!

Nessbelline

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Tweaks

Extremely easy, but for my oven a longer cooking time necessary, nevertheless very yummy. My son suggests lemon zest/juice added to the frosting instead of vanilla, which will give a zing.

urithday