Ingredients

2hr
  1. 2 cupsflour
  2. 3 cupsshredded carrots
  3. 2 tspbaking powder
  4. 2 tspbaking soda
  5. 4large eggs
  6. 2 tspground cinnamon
  7. 1 1/4 cupsvegetable oil
  8. 1 1/2 cupwhite sugar
  9. 1/2 cupbrown sugar
  10. 1 cupchopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing
  11. 2 tspvanilla
  12. 1 tspground nutmeg
  13. 1/2 tspsalt
  14. For Frosting
  15. 8 ozcream cheese
  16. 4 cupspowdered sugar
  17. 1/2 cupbutter
  18. 1 tspvanilla

Cooking Instructions

2hr
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla.

  2. 2

    Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans

  3. 3

    Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones)

  4. 4

    Add the batter to the baking pan and place in the oven to bake for 40 to 50 mins. When finish baking put to cool for abt 1hr

  5. 5

    For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed.

  6. 6

    Once cake is cool remove from baking pan and place on a cake rack. Spread frosting to the top and then topped with pecans. (Nb because I made 2 cakes I shave the top of one of the cake to be flat enough then I spread frosting then I place the second cake on top then spread frosting again n all over the cakes). Hope you enjoy!!!

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Patricia Williams
Patricia Williams @PW1953
This carrot cake got my house smelling like Heaven. It’s in the oven now and looks good so far. 12 mins to go. All your recipes look good

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