Best Carrot Cake Recipe with Rich Cream Cheese Frosting

Our Best Carrot Cake Recipe

It is the best carrot cake recipe—moist and rich with chewy nuts, topped with an equally rich cream cheese frosting recipe worth a day off the diet. It's 'mental health food' for sure and there's never a scrap left after the party or picnic.

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake Makings

2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups cooking oil
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
4 cups grated carrots
3/4 cup chopped nuts

Beat the sugar and eggs together. Stir in the oil.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir the sifted ingredients into the egg mixture.

Fold in the carrots and nuts.

Pour into a 13 X 9 pan and bake in a preheated 350° oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until done in the center.

Cool completely before frosting and/or eating.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
1/4-pound butter
1 (16-ounce) package confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together all ingredients until smooth and lump-free. Frost your cake.

Note: Do not be tempted to add any more liquid. Doing so will ruin the texture of the frosting.

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