Does anyone have a good and easy recipe for carrot cake?

Answer 1

i have quite a few for carrot cake

this one is my mum's, EHall's Carrot Cake
* 4 1/2 tbsps butter
* 1/4 cup walnuts
* 1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup sultanas
* 1 egg
* 1 cup grated carrot
* 2 riped mashed bananas
* 1/2 cups plain flour
* 1 tsp carb soda
* 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Beat margarine and sugar, add egg, beat well
- Fold in carrot and banana
- Add sifted flour, soda, cinnamon, mix well
- Add walnuts and sultanas, mix well
- Bake in loaf tin at 170C for 1 to 1 1/2 hours

carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups oil
2 cups sugar
2 3/4 cups coarsely grated carrots
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple (drained)
3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup shredded sweetened coconut

Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil, and eggs.
Add flour mixture a little at a time, mixing well after
each addition. Add carrots, pineapple, nuts, and coconut and
blend thoroughly.
Turn into either:
-- 3 greased and floured cake pans
-- 1 9x12 greased and floured cake pan (deep)

Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. If removing cake from pan,
let cool for about ten minutes before removal. Cool completely.
Frost w/cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake will keep well in
refrigerator for at least a week.


Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 8 oz package cream cheese
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1 pound package confectioner's sugar
(start w/about 1/2 pound and add to taste - 1 lb may be too sweet)

Soften butter and cream cheese. Cream together with vanilla.
Sift in confectioner's sugar and blend well. If too thick,
add one teaspoon of milk to thin frosting.

Carrot Cake (this one is pretty quick)
Dry Ingredients (Combine and set aside):
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/3 tsp. baking powder
1 1/3 tsp. baking soda
1 1/3 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. ginger

Combine:
1 cup sugar
1 cup cooking oil
3 eggs (added separately)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees Farenheit.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir well.
Fold in two cups of grated carrots and 1 cup of chopped walnuts (optional).
Pour into 9x13" non-stick pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until done.
(Make sure it is cooked)

Icing:
8 oz. package of cream cheese
1/2 cup butter (or less)
1 1/2 cup of icing sugar (I just add icing sugar 'till the mixture tastes right)

Answer 2

Swiss Carrot Cake

INGREDIENTS
5 egg yolks
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups finely chopped almonds
2 cups grated carrots
1 lemon, zested and juiced
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
5 egg whites
1 pinch salt
1 lemon, juiced
1 cup confectioners' sugar, or as needed

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square baking dish or 9 inch Bundt pan.
In a large bowl, whip egg yolks and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in the almonds, carrots,1 lemon's juice and zest, flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl with a clean beater, whip egg whites with a pinch of salt until they can hold a peak. Fold egg whites into the carrot batter. Pour into the prepared cake pan.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until a small knife inserted into the center comes out clean. For icing, mix the remaining lemon's juice with confectioners' sugar until it can be drizzled easily from a spoon. Pour over the cake while warm or cooled. If making in a Bundt pan, remove from the pan before glazing.

Answer 3

Carrot Cake Recipe

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups grated carrots
1 1/3 vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup drained crushed pineapple
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

PREPARATION:
Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add carrots, oil, and eggs. Beat until well mixed. Stir in remaining ingredients. Put batter in two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Frost with cream cheese frosting or glaze as desired

Answer 4

Carrot Cake
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1 teaspoon of salt
3 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 1/2 cups of vegetable oil
4 eggs
3 cups of grated carrot
1 cup of chopped nuts, optional
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Sift together the sugar, flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the oil. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add carrots, nuts, and vanilla, mixing thoroughly. Pour into a floured and greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch cake pan. Bake in a 350ºF. oven for 30 minutes. Cool in pan. Spread with Cream Cheese Icing.