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Best Carrot Cake

The Absolute Best Carrot Cake Ever

This has become my go-to recipe whenever I'm craving carrot cake.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Absolute Best Carrot Cake Ever
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 425 kcal

Ingredients

Carrot Cake Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 3/4 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 8 ounce cans crushed pineapple, drained

Carrot Cake Frosting

  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups icing sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Grease and flour two 10 inch cake pans.
  2. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; make a well in the center and add sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon until smooth.
  3. Stir in carrots, coconut, walnuts and pineapple. Pour into prepared pans and bake for about 45 minutes. Don't panic, the center will sink a little.
  4. Allow to cool; when cool, ice the cake. You can certainly use your favorite cream cheese frosting to ice this cake, but the one I've included is highly recommended
  5. To make the frosting: Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth; add the icing sugar and beat until creamy.