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Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe was the first-place winner at the Ventura country fair. Moist and delicious with a tangy frosting and it freezes very well.

 

Yield

16 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Ready

50 min
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
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2 cups sugar
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4 large eggs
beaten
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon cinnamon
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 pound carrots
peeled, grated
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¾ cup walnuts
or pecans chopped
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Frosting
8 ounces cream cheese
softened
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½ cup butter
softened
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3 ½ cups powdered sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
355 ml vegetable oil
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473 ml sugar
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4 large eggs
beaten
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473 ml all-purpose flour
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15 ml cinnamon
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1E+1 ml baking soda
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5 ml salt
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453.6 g carrots
peeled, grated
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177 ml walnuts
or pecans chopped
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Frosting
231.2 ml/g cream cheese
softened
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118 ml butter
softened
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828 ml powdered sugar
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5 ml vanilla extract
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Directions

Cake:

Mix oil and sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until thick and lemon colored. Sift together flour, cinnamon, soda, and salt 3 times. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in carrots and nuts.

Pour into greased and floured 9 x 11inch pan. Bake 350℉ (180℃), 30 to 40 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool. Frost.

Frosting:

Cream together cream cheese and butter. Gradually add powdered sugar; mix until well blended. Add vanilla and beat until smooth.



* not incl. in nutrient facts Arrow up button

Comments


Clarence

I an 74 young,you lost me when you said 1 pkg of powered sugar for the frosting.Would that be a 1 pound pkg?I am printing the recipe.Would you let me know as I would like to try this recipe.Clarence

zhangbo

That should be 3 1/2 cups sugar.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 157g (5.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 60554% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 36g 56%
Saturated Fat 10g 51%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 84mg 28%
Sodium 337mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 22g 22%
Dietary Fiber 2g 7%
Sugars g
Protein 12g
Vitamin A 104% Vitamin C 3%
Calcium 4% Iron 9%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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