How to Prepare Perfect Great Grandma's Carrot Cake

Great Grandma's Carrot Cake. Different from traditional carrot cakes, this cake is extremely moist and flavorful and is topped with a buttermilk glaze while still warm. Try it and I think you will agree that it is the best!! Just the recipe I was looking for.

She had a big country kitchen that was full of wonderful aromas anytime we visited. This was one of her prized cake recipes, which continues to be a favorite from generation to generation. —Denise Strasz, Detroit, Michigan. Watch me make Grandma Barb's Moist & Easy Carrot Cake from start to finish! You can have Great Grandma's Carrot Cake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Great Grandma's Carrot Cake

1. It's of Cake.
2. You need 2 cup of Flour.
3. Prepare 2 cup of Sugar.
4. You need 1 tsp of Baking soda.
5. Prepare 2 tsp of Cinnamon.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
7. Prepare 4 of Eggs beaten.
8. You need 3 cup of Grated carrots.
9. You need 1 1/2 cup of Oil.
10. It's of Icing.
11. You need 8 oz of Cream cheese.
12. Prepare 1 stick of Butter.
13. You need 1 lb of Powdered sugar.
14. Prepare 1 cup of Chopped walnuts or pecans (optional).

This moist carrot cake recipe I'm sharing with you today is one of my grandma Barb's most requested Shredded carrots and pureed carrots. It gives the cake such a great texture and beautifully natural orange color. Using a hand mixer, blend until combined. Add all ingredients, except nuts, into a medium bowl and beat until fluffy using a hand mixer.

Great Grandma's Carrot Cake step by step

1. Set out butter and cream cheese to soften..
2. Preheat oven to 350..
3. Mix dry ingredients..
4. Pour beaten eggs over dry ingredients, do not stir..
5. Add oil and beat until combined then add carrots and best until throughly distributed..
6. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake for 40 - 45 minutes..
7. Beat cream cheese and butter together until blended then slowly add powdered sugar until all sugar is added and icing is smooth. Add desired amount of nuts..
8. Ice the cake about 10 - 15 minutes after baking to allow icing to melt and set properly..
9. Allow cake to cool and serve..

Grate carrots ahead of time if possible.. pan. My Grandma was known for her famous homemade biscuits, cinnamon rolls, pound cake with caramel icing, jams.and carrot cake with cream cheese icing! Grandma Catherine's carrot cake recipe has been enjoyed by our family for decades. I spent many wonderful hours with grandma while mom was busy on the farm, and will always remember her kind eyes and loving heart. This carrot cake recipe is nice and moist, never dry.