Simply Delicious Carrot Cake and Dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups carrots, grated
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecans, chopped
-
Dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 (1 lb) packages powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped for garnish (optional)
directions
- Cream oil and sugar together with an electric mixer.
- In a seperate bowl sift together all dry ingredients.
- Add eggs and dry mixture alternately, beating to combine after each addition.
- Stir in carrots and pecans by hand.
- Prepare 3, 9 inch round cake pans.
- Bake in a 350 pre-heated oven for 35 minutes.
- Frosting:.
- Cream butter and cream cheese together.
- Blend in powdered sugar.
- Beat until smooth, creamy and dreamy.
- When cakes are completely cooled Ice tops only as you stack the 3 layers.
- When assembled, frost top and sides with a hearty layer of the frosting.
- Garnish with additional chopped pecans if desired.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kit_Kat
Saint Peters, Missouri
I am a St. Louis girl through and through. I am a mom of three, two boys and a wonderful daughter, married to my high school sweetie for the last 28 years. My hubby and I are on the verge of being empty nesters and are excited to see what this phase of our lives has in store for us. In the last year my sister and I have been exploring our family history and it has been a wonderful and educational experience. Food and cooking has been a big part of my life from the time I was a little girl and I look forward to sharing that same, wonderful part of our heritage to my future grandchildren.