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Carrot Cake Recipe


Carrot Cake Recipe
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This is a favorite of my boyfriend. He loves it!

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Ingredients
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
  1. DIRECTIONS
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
  3. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in
  4. flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans.
  5. Pour into prepared pan.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the
  7. center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a
  8. wire rack and cool completely.
  9. To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar
  10. and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans.
  11. Frost the cooled cake.

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Yummy, carrot cake is a huge hit with my family too. I like the looks of this recipe. Thank you for sharing, great post.


Favorite! I gotta bake one soon - maybe this weekend. YUMMY!! I will try your recipe. Jett


This sounds yummy and I like the cream cheese frosting on top. Shall try this.


Sounds great!


Love carrot cake. YUM!


This one of my favorite cakes ever. *Swoon* Just looking at me makes me crave it. Great post - you rock!


Hubby will smother me with kisses, cuz this is his favorite cake and I'm gonna make it!


Sounds good!i will try it


OMG!!! Happy Dance!! I lost the recipe for my Gran's carrot cake and this is darn close! Thanks for posting it!!


This onez just WOW!


Nothing better than a good carrot cake! Have a good day!


I love carrot cake and this recipe sounds absolutely wonderful. Thank you so very much for sharing your recipe. 5 forks all the way!


This is one of my favorite cakes love the frosting


I love a good carrot cake!


Woo Hoo......... I love this.
*D*


Carrot cake is the perfect food. Carrots, pecans, cinnamon. Now that's healthy eating.


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