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BEST Carrot Cake. This carrot cake is the absolute best that I have ever made. I had many compliments on this. The cake is large and serves many.

I like to hand grate my carrots since I prefer the texture, but you can use your food processor or buy pre-grated carrots from the store. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe! It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting. You can have BEST Carrot Cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of BEST Carrot Cake

1. You need 1 of ~CAKE BATTER~.
2. You need 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
3. You need 2 tsp of baking soda.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. It's 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
6. Prepare 3 large of eggs.
7. You need 2 cup of sugar.
8. You need 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
9. It's 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
10. It's 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. Prepare 2 cup of grated carrot.
12. It's 1 of (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained.
13. Prepare 1 of (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut.
14. It's 1 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake.
15. It's 1 of ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~.
16. You need 1 cup of sugar.
17. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
18. You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
19. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter or margarine.
20. Prepare 1 tbsp of light corn syrup.
21. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
22. Prepare 1 of ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~.
23. It's 3/4 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
24. You need 1 of (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
25. It's 1 of (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
26. You need 3 cup of sifted powdered sugar.
27. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.

This Carrot Cake is wonderfully moist, tender and easy to make! It's covered in cream cheese frosting for a perfect, classic cake! Keyword: carrot cake, classic carrot cake, moist cake, the best carrot cake. Stir in carrots and nuts (if using) until ingredients are well-combined.

BEST Carrot Cake step by step

1. ☆CAKE☆.
2. Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside..
3. Stir together first 4 ingredients..
4. Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans..
5. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake..
6. ●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●.
7. ●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●.
8. ●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●.
9. ●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●.
10. For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake..

Evenly divide carrot cake batter into prepared. We understand that there's no short supply of carrot cake recipes in the universe, but ours is—quite simply—the best. It comes from our Deputy Editor's great-grandma and there's just no arguing with that. This change works out well for me, because carrot cake is Jack's all-time favorite dessert, and we make it every year for his April birthday. You'll find our go-to carrot cake recipe below.