Just Plain Carrot Cake

"This WAS a zucchini cake recipe but the first night I was going to make it, I dumped my grated zucchini on the floor. Now its morphed into my favorite carrot cake recipe! goes great with your favorite cream cheese frosting."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 45mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
1 cake
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
  • Mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, combine and mix dry ingredients.
  • Add to wet mixture, mixing well.
  • Stir in finely crated carrot.
  • Pour batter into 13x9 cake pan that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
  • Allow to cool before frosting with your favorite cream cheese frosting.

Questions & Replies

  1. Looking for a dense, moist cake recipe. Is this cake dense?
     
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Reviews

  1. I know what you mean! This cake is sooo good!! I've made it a few times and it always goes well with one and all, big or small;)
     
  2. Great recipe,so quick and easy. The Pumpkin and zucchini versions are great as well. Cheers!
     
  3. great cake, this was really yummy, at first i was hesitant to try but when I did I was glad of the results, thanx
     
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Tweaks

  1. i wanted to make the cake lower sugar and lower fat and used added things which worked for a more-than-carrot cake: whole wheat flour instead of white (same quantity as recipe - ie 2 cups) used 1 cup cooked, mashed butternut squash instead of 1 cup of oil (i used mashed banana and avocado with butternut squash and 1 tbs oil in one recipe ie one cup altogether, however, you can use just one cup mashed butternut squash without these) 1 cup white granulated sugar instead of 2-1/2 cups same amount of carrots (2 cups) and same amount of eggs (3 large eggs), double amount of baking powder from 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp (important or cake will be too dense) same amount of baking soda added: 1/2 cup raisins (3/4 cup is better), 1/8 cup currants (leftovers, more raisons ok), 1/4 cup candied papaya (papaya is great but you can use any candied fruit or ginger), 1/2 roughly chopped almonds with skins on (if you like nuts, up to one up is fine of any kind ie walnuts - you may need to watch temp and heat for these changes - check similar type recipes on line ie fruit cakes); i rough-grated skins of one navel orange into wet ingredients and let this sit 5 min for flavor. spice - used 1 tsp cinnamon instead of 2 tsp / added 1 tsp allspice and pinch or scant 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg added pinch of black pepper (1/8 tsp ok) (optional - if you like chili try adding this to taste ie 1 to 2 tsp dried chilis crushed); baked in greased, parchment lined 8x8 metal tin in convection oven at 350 F for 55 minutes (it is possible a regular oven would take longer - or operate at 375 for same time= you will need to watch this) the cake is sweet enough and tastes more so, once cooled it is delicious - the candied papaya and orange rind and raisins worked beautifully / p.s. i submitted a tweak to this tweak - the sugar at 1 cup is ok - depends if you like super sweet - 1/cup could be 7/8 cup if you add your own cream cheese icing - maybe even reduced to 3/4 cup white sugar.
     

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