Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, best carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
BEST Carrot Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. BEST Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook best carrot cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make BEST Carrot Cake:
- Get 1 ~CAKE BATTER~
- Take 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Take 2 tsp baking soda
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 3 large eggs
- Take 2 cup sugar
- Take 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Take 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 2 cup grated carrot
- Get 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- Prepare 1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
- Prepare 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake
- Prepare 1 ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~
- Prepare 1 cup sugar
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Take 1/2 cup buttermilk
- Get 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- Make ready 1 tbsp light corn syrup
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~
- Make ready 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- Make ready 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- Get 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- Get 3 cup sifted powdered sugar
- Take 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Steps to make BEST Carrot Cake:
- ☆CAKE☆
- Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside.
- Stir together first 4 ingredients.
- Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.
- Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
- ●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●
- ●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●
- ●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●
- ●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●
- For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake.
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