Hi, I’m Jane. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare carrot cake recipe. Never miss today’s recipe. This is a easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Carrot cake Recipe
Carrot cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Carrot cake is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups (325 g) All Purpose Flour
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- Prepare 1 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- Take 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- Get 2 cups (400 g) Sugar
- Get 4 Large Eggs
- Prepare 1 cup (218 g) Vegetable Oil
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Take 2 cups (180 g) Grated Carrots
- Make ready 3/4 cup (92 g) Chopped Pecans
- Prepare 3/4 cup (50 g) Coconut (I used Bakers Angel Flake Sweetened coconut)
- Make ready 1 (8 oz) can Crushed Pineapple (put in strainer and let juice drain. I used a fork to press out more liquid
Instructions to make Carrot cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Line the bottoms of 3 (8inch) or 2 (9inch) round pans with wax or parchment paper, grease with shortening and flour the paper and pans for easy release when turning out……carrot cake has a tendency to stick so be sure to use the paper.
- In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup oil and 1 tsp. vanilla. Mix 2 to 3 minutes at medium speed until well blended and light colored.
- With a spoon stir in the flour until moistened, then add the carrots, pecans crushed pineapple and coconut.
- Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Refrain from opening the oven door or touching the center of the cake to test for doneness until very near the end of baking time or it could cause the cake to sink slightly in the center.
- Cool cake layers in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack then turn out. Cool completely before frosting.
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