Recippe FOR CARROTT CAKE?

Question

do ya have a tried and true recipe for deliscious carrott cake?

Answer 1

This is our family recipe for Carrot cake that has always been a hit. But recently I was making it and didn't have enough carrot to finish the recipe so I substituted part of the carrot for shredded zucchini and people loved it more than the old family recipe!! It made it really nice and moist. Here's the original - just substitute half the carrot for zucchini to repeat what I did.

CARROT CAKE

2 c sugar
1 1/2 c salad oil
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs
3 c finely grated carrots
1 c pecans or walnuts (I used walnuts this time - normally pecans)
2 c flour

Beat eggs and add sugar. Add the oil, carrots, and nuts. Sift the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda and add to the carrot mixture. Pour into a sprayed sheetcake pan and bake in a preheated 350º oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Here's the frosting my mother always uses:

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

1 box powdered sugar
1 stick butter - softened
8 oz cream cheese - softened
2 tsp vanilla

Cream the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and part of the powdered sugar to desired texture and sweetness. (I always use less sugar than my mother does so I didn't use the whole box.)

You could also just glaze the carrot cake if you aren't fond of Cream Cheese Frosting.

Answer 2

Carrot Cake 2 cups self-increasing flour 2 teaspoons floor cinnamon 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups grated carrots 4 eggs a million 3/4 cups vegetable oil 3/4 cup chopped walnuts 3/4 cup rasins Cream Cheese Frosting a million/2 cup (a million/2 stick) butter, softened a million (8-ounce) equipment cream cheese, softened a million (sixteen-ounce) field confectioners' sugar a million teaspoon organic vanilla extract Preheat oven to 325 levels F. Grease and flour 3 (8 or 9-inch) cake pans. For the cake: blend at the same time the flour, cinnamon and sugar in a huge bowl. upload the relax factors and combine nicely with a handheld electric mixer for roughly 2 minutes. Pour batter into arranged pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. enable to chill out in pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto lint-loose dishcloth, or waxed paper, and allow to chill out thoroughly. For the frosting: blend all factors with handheld electric mixer and combine until tender and creamy. Frost layers, actual, and factors of cooled cake.

Answer 3

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,196,134187-243198,00.html

This one is great. But if you ever want to purchase a carrot cake, the best is at Sam's Club. It was addictive -- it was THAT good. I couldn't stop eating it, and I was on a diet. So, if you want to ever just buy one, that is the best you can get.