The Best Carrot Cake

Absolutely love this recipe! I have been making it for a couple years now because once I made it for my brother-in-law for his birthday he has requested it every year since! About to make it again for Thanksgiving get together! Super delicious and I usually top it with some shredded unsweetened coconut flakes. Thanks for an awesome recipe! Love your site and all your recipes. Whenever I find a recipe from Gimme Some Oven I know it’s going to be amazing!

THE BEST CARROT CAKE

This classic carrot cake recipe is moist, perfectly-spiced and made with lots of fresh carrots and a cream cheese frosting.

TOTAL TIME 1 HOUR
PREP TIME 30 MINS
COOK TIME 30 MINS

INGREDIENTS

CARROT CAKE INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 Tablespoons avocado oil (or you can use vegetable oil or canola oil)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• pinch of ground cloves
• 1 pound finely-grated* fresh carrots
• (optional: 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts and/or 1/2 cup raisins)

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING INGREDIENTS:

• 3 (8 oz.) bricks cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups powdered sugar (or more if needed to thicken)

DIRECTIONS:

HOW TO MAKE THE CARROT CAKE:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Or alternately, you can use two 9-inch round baking pans. (Just be sure that every square inch of the pans greased and coated in flour so that the cake does not stick!)
3. In the bowl of a large stand mixer, mix together oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until combined and smooth. Add in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla, and mix until smooth.
4. Get full instructions & recipes @ gimmesomeoven.com

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