Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake.

You can have Carrot Cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

1. You need 2 cups of flour.
2. It's 3 cups of shredded carrots.
3. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
4. You need 2 tsp of baking soda.
5. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
6. It's 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
7. You need 1 1/4 cups of vegetable oil.
8. You need 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
9. It's 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
10. You need 1 cup of chopped pecan + 1/2 cup for garnishing.
11. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla.
12. You need 1 tsp of ground nutmeg.
13. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
14. It's of For Frosting.
15. It's 8 oz of cream cheese.
16. You need 4 cups of powdered sugar.
17. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
18. It's 1 tsp of vanilla.

Carrot Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl break n whisk eggs, sugar oil and vanilla..
2. Then stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, nutmeg. Then fold in shredded carrots and pecans.
3. Grease and flour 9 inch baking pan.(I used 2 round ones).
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. For frosting: In a bowl add powdered(confectionery) sugar, vanilla, soft cream cheese and butter and mix until creamed..
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!!!.