Carrot Cake

The Heavy On The Baked way!

You will need:

- two 9 inch round cake pans

- Rubber spatula

- 2 mixing bowls

- whisk

Ingredients

- 2 cups all-purpose flour

- 3 cups grated carrots

- 1 cup crushed walnuts

- 3/4 cup sugar

- 1/2 cup brown sugar

- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple

- 2 teaspoon baking powder

- 1 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 2 teaspoon cinnamon

- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

- 1/4 teaspoon of ginger

- 4 eggs (room temperature)

- 3/4 cup melted coconut oil

- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

- 1 tablespoon lemon extract

Icing

- 8 tablespoons butter (soft)

- 8 ounces cream cheese (soft)

- 3 cups powdered sugar

- 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions:

Cake

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- Grease and flour both cake pans

- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to a bowl and whisk it all together until well combined

- In the other bowl, add white sugar, brown sugar, crushed pineapples (drain juice), lemon extract, vanilla extract, coconut oil, and one of the eggs

-with an electric hand mixer, blend at a medium speed, just until combined

- Add another egg and mix until combined and then repeat for the remaining two eggs (one at a time)

- Once all four eggs have been added and combined, add ⅓ of your flour mixture to the batter and continue to mix at a medium speed, just until combined

- Add half of the remaining flour and continue to mix until combined, then add the remaining flour and mix until all of the flour is combined.

- Add your carrots, walnuts, and raisins to the batter and stir it in

- Grab the two greased and four coated cake pans and evenly split the batter between the two

- tap the pan on the side and on the counter a few times to get the air out

- place in oven for about 35 minutes

-make icing (instructions below)

- remove from oven and let cool in the pans for at least 20 minutes

- remove from pan and let cool on rack until completely cool before applying icing

icing

- Put soft cream cheese and butter in a bowl and mix it on a medium speed with your electric hand mixer, until it is nice and fluffy

- Add powder sugar and lemon extract then mix again until fluffy

- place in refrigerator until it is time to apply to cake

- before applying to cake, mix it again

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