Carrot Cake
"This recipe came from my husband's grandmother but I've revised it a tad and is the best carrot cake I've had to date. I personally like to add raisins, but my husband doesn't like them so we leave them out and it's still awesome!"
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
-
cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 cups grated carrots (peeled)
-
frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter (softened to room temp)
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened to room temp)
- 1 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans)
directions
- Cake: Combine sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl. In medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Mix with fork and slowly add this mixture to sugar/oil mix. Mix in carrots by hand. Bake in greased/floured pan or line with wax paper at 350 for approximately (40 min = 2 round pans or 30 min = 3 round pans) Note: this can also be made in 13x9 pan, but I didn't keep track of my bake time.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: With mixer on low combine cream cheese and butter (softened to room temp) and slowly add 1- 1 lb box of Domino powdered sugar. Increase mixer speed if needed. Add nuts after mixture is frosting-like consistency and hand mix or use mixer. Spread on each layer of cake after cake is cooled.
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I am a mother of three girls and my husband and I are both self employed. I work from home doing payroll and other bookkeeping duties for his construction company. I also operate a licensed daycare and love to plan meals for the kids and my family. I love being a stay at home/work from home mom and feel it is my duty to provide a good meal to my hard working husband who provides the bulk of our income. I feel that food is the ultimate love you can provide for your family and I try to make every meal special. I love any cookbook that provides pictures of the recipe you are cooking, but I tend to get most of my recipes online when I already know what I want to make because they are easy to find and I don't have to spend hours searching for what it is I have in mind. I use my picture cookbooks more for dinner planning and meal ideas. I joined this site when I found a recipe for baked mac/cheese that I liked and would enjoy getting more meal planning ideas. I tend to "get tired of food" and often find myself saying that nothing sounds good! I just need more variety!!
