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Carrot Cake + Cream Cheese Frosting

This carrot cake and cream cheese frosting is the ultimate cake for celebrating a birthday. The spice cake with carrots and a cream cheese frosting is the absolute best. You're going to love this recipe!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, carrot, cream cheese, frosting
Servings: 12

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1/2 cup Butter melted
  • 4 Eggs at room temperature
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla
  • 3 cups Carrots grated with a food processer

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1/2 cup Butter softened
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 1/4 tsp Vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions

For The Cake:

  • Prepare two 8" cake pans by spraying them with cooking spray. Make sure you spray them well so the cake batter doesn't stick. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Add the vegetable oil and melted butter to the dry ingredients. I used a hand mixer to mix these ingredients together. Mix until the ingredients are well combined.
  • Add the room temperature eggs one at a time to this mixture. Use the hand mixer to beat the eggs in, but don't over mix.
  • Add the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
  • Fold in the carrots and stir until everthing is combined. Don't over mix.
  • Pour your batter into your cake pans evenly. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Let your cakes cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before taking them out to cool on a baking rack.

For The Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • Combine the butter and cream cheese. I used my stand mixer for making this frosting. You could also use a hand mixer. Make sure the butter and cream cheese get creamy before moving to the next step.
  • Add the vanilla and salt to the butter/cream cheese mixture. Mix to combine.
  • With your mixture on low, add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar at a time. Make sure each 1/2 cup is well combined before adding the next 1/2 cup.
  • When your cake has cooled, frost the cake with an offset frosting spatula.