BEST CARROT CAKE EVER
This is my uncle Joseph's carrot cake recipe. I have tried numerous other recipes, but always come back to this one. It is truly worth making and makes an impressive dessert for a party! You will not be disappointed!
CAKE:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup vegetable or Canola oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 1/4 cups grated carrots
3/4 to 1 cup nuts or raisins if desired
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In separate mixing bowl, combine oil and sugar and mix well. Add eggs one at a time. Gradually add the dry ingredients mixing well. Add carrots and mix. Grease and flour cake pan. Spoon batter into two 8 or 9 inch layer cake pans or bundt pan.
Bake at 350 degrees approximately 50 minutes for layer cake pans and 60 minutes for bundt pan or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely. Ice with cream cheese frosting.
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter
1 - 8 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 lb. confectioners sugar
milk if needed to thin icing if it will not spread
Cream butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla extract, sugar and milk if needed.
CAKE:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup vegetable or Canola oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 1/4 cups grated carrots
3/4 to 1 cup nuts or raisins if desired
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In separate mixing bowl, combine oil and sugar and mix well. Add eggs one at a time. Gradually add the dry ingredients mixing well. Add carrots and mix. Grease and flour cake pan. Spoon batter into two 8 or 9 inch layer cake pans or bundt pan.
Bake at 350 degrees approximately 50 minutes for layer cake pans and 60 minutes for bundt pan or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely. Ice with cream cheese frosting.
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter
1 - 8 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 lb. confectioners sugar
milk if needed to thin icing if it will not spread
Cream butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla extract, sugar and milk if needed.
