Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
"A favourite of my fiancé's. He requests it every birthday"
photo by abigler_06
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
8 slices
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
-
Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 (8 ounce) can drained pineapple
-
Frosting
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 2 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar (or more if needed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
-
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix flour, cinnamon, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla together with an electric mixer.
- Add carrots, nuts, and pineapple. Stir them in with a spoon until well incorporated.
- Pour mixture into floured pie pan and bake for around 50 minutes.
- After cooked through, let cool in the fridge. Do not frost until completely cool.
-
Frosting:
- Mix cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together with a mixer on high.
- Add powdered sugar ½ cup at a time on low mixing until desired stiffness is achieved.
- Chill in the fridge. Cake is best frosted when both are cool.
- Garnish with carrot shreds and chopped nuts.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Cooking is one of my many passions and hobbies. I love creating new, inventive things. My fianc? is French, I am a Kansan, and we are living in England, so I've encountered new and exciting ingredients to play around with.
