Our Favorite Carrot Cake Recipe

Sweet, delicious, carrot cake is guaranteed to please. Try this perfectly spiced moist cake— cream cheese frosting recipe included!

by Farmers' Almanac Staff Updated: October 17, 2023

This carrot cake is perfectly spiced and wonderfully delicious with cream cheese frosting (recipe below).

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

2 cups flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 lb. carrots, peeled and grated
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (plus extra if you want to sprinkle on top, optional)
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together and set aside.
Beat sugar into oil.
Blend dry ingredients with oil and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each egg.
Fold in carrots, nuts, and raisins.
Pour into a lightly oiled 10-inch tube pan.
Bake about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Beat together butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla and blend well.
Spread over cooled cake (you may slice horizontally and make a layer of frosting in the middle if you’d like).
Sprinkle extra nuts on top of frosting.

Keyword Carrot Cake, Favorite Carrot Cake

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