Spiced Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Spiced Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 large eggs; 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 3 tsp vanilla; 2 cup flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 3 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 3 1/4 cup carrots, grated; 1 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened; 8 oz cream cheese; 4 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla

Heather @cook_3762630

Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Spiced Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Heather @cook_3762630

Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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Ingredients

Carrot Cake
4large eggs
1 1/4 cupvegetable oil
1 cupgranulated sugar
1 cupbrown sugar
3 tspvanilla
2 cupflour
2 tspbaking powder
2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
3 tspground cinnamon
1 tspground nutmeg
1/2 tspground cloves
3 1/4 cupcarrots, grated
1 cupchopped pecans
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 cupunsalted butter, softened
8 ozcream cheese
4 cuppowdered sugar
1 tspvanilla

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350°F.
2

Grease and flour a 13×9 inch baking pan and set aside.
3

In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, and vanilla. Then blend in sugars until fully incorporated.
4

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
5

Gradually add flour mixture to egg mixture until well combined.
6

Stir in carrots. Add pecans last.
7

Pour into baking pan and bake 40-50 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
8

Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
9

To make the frosting, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth and fluffy.
10

Frost the cooled carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and enjoy or refrigerate until ready to eat!