Recipe: Perfect Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake. I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.

It wasn't until recently that we realized just how much we love carrot cake. This Carrot Cake is wonderfully moist, tender and easy to make! It's covered in cream cheese frosting for a perfect, classic cake! You can cook Carrot Cake using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

1. Prepare of Honeycomb:.
2. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Granulated Sugar,.
3. Prepare 2 TBSP of Golden Syrup,.
4. It's 1 TBSP of Maple Syrup,.
5. It's 2 TBSP of Water,.
6. Prepare 2 TSP of Baking Soda,.
7. Prepare of Cake Batter:.
8. Prepare 150 g of Walnut Coarsely Chopped,.
9. Prepare 500 ml of Fresh Carrot Juice,.
10. You need 200 g of Unbleached All Purpose Flour,.
11. You need 1 1/2 TBSP of Baking Powder,.
12. It's 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda,.
13. Prepare 90 g of Caster Sugar,.
14. It's 90 g of Dark Muscovado Sugar,.
15. It's 1/4 TSP of Sea Salt,.
16. You need 1/4 TSP of Ground Cinnamon,.
17. It's 1/4 TSP of Nutmeg Freshly Grated,.
18. Prepare 375 g of Carrots Freshly Shredded Preferably Organic,.
19. You need 1/2 TBSP of Pure Vanilla Paste,.
20. Prepare of Fresh Orange Zest, 1/2 Orange.
21. You need of Canola / Peanut Oil, 120ml + More For Greasing.
22. You need of For Serving:.
23. You need 250 ml of Fresh Carrot Juice,.
24. It's 250 ml of Fresh Orange Juice,.

This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. This truly is the best carrot cake recipe!

Carrot Cake step by step

1. Prepare the honeycomb. Lined baking tray with aluminium foil. Lightly grease the foil with oil. In a sauce pot, add sugar, golden syrup, maple syrup and water..
2. Turn the heat up to medium high. Place in a candy thermometer. *Do not stir the mixture.*.
3. Once the temperature reaches 148 degrees celsius or 300 fahrenheit, immediately remove from heat. *It is best to remove from heat just before it reaches that temperature as it will still continue cooking.* Immediately sieve in the baking soda..
4. Stir lightly to combine well. You will see that the mixture will start to foam up rapidly. As soon as that happens, stop stirring and immediately transfer onto the baking tray. *Do not try to smoothen the surface as it will collapse.*.
5. Set aside to cool down completely, preferably overnight. You can crack into smaller piece and store them in an airtight container. Prepare the cake batter..
6. In a skillet over medium heat, add walnuts. Saute and toast the walnuts for about 1 to 2 mins. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. *Do not over toast the walnuts or it will turn bitter.*.
7. In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot juice. Bring it up to a slow simmer. Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/4 cup or 63ml. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely..
8. Lightly grease the cake pan with oil. Lay parchment paper onto the bottom of the cake pan as well as the sides. Preheat oven to 190 degree celsius or 375 fahrenheit..
9. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Mix to combine well. Add in cinnamon, nutmeg, shredded carrots, vanilla and orange zest. Mix to combine well. Mix, mix, mix..
10. Lastly, add in carrot juice, oil and walnuts. Stir to combine well. Transfer the batter into the cake pan. Using an offset spatula to create an even surface..
11. Wack into the oven and bake for about 40 to 45 mins. *When you insert a skewer into the cake, the skewer should come out clean.* Remove from oven and let cool completely. Unmold and cover with cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 48 hrs..
12. To serve. In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot and orange juice. Bring it up to a slow simmer. Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/2..
13. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. Spoon the reduced juice mixture onto serving plate. Place a slice of the carrot cake in the middle. Decorate with crack honeycomb pieces. Serve immediately..

It's perfectly moist and delicious, made with lots of fresh carrots, and topped with the most heavenly cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes The origins of carrot cake are disputed. My family's best carrot cake recipe dates back to my great-grandmother! We bake up a few of these carrot cakes for special occasions to make sure there's enough to go around.