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 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Carrot cake

1. Prepare 3 of eggs.
2. You need 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
3. You need 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
4. It's 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
5. It's 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. It's 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
8. It's 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
9. It's 2 tsp of baking soda.
10. Prepare 2 cup of shredded carrot.
11. It's 1/2 cup of flaked coconut.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped almond.
13. It's 1 cup of raisin.

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. Preheat oven to 350°F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x12 inch pan..
2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside..
3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour mixture and mix well..
4. In a medium bowl, combine shredded carrots, coconut, almonds and raisins..
5. Using a large wooden spoon or a very heavy whisk, add carrot mixture to batter and fold in well..
6. Pour into prepared 8x12 inch pan, and bake at 350°F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Check with toothpick..
7. Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving..

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.