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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