This homemade carrot cake recipe is the best! It’s flavourful, moist, and easy to make. Plus, it has a light cinnamon flavor, and it’s filled with chopped walnuts. So delicious!
Ingredients to make this recipe
Carrots: The start ingredient. We’ve used three medium carrots.
Eggs: At room temperature.
Sugar: We’ve used a mix of granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Oil: We’ve used sunflower oil.
Vanilla extract: For extra flavor.
Flour: We’ve used all-purpose flour.
Cinnamon: For extra flavor.
Baking powder: Use to make your cake rise.
Walnuts: Use chopped walnuts. If you don’t like walnuts, you can replace them with pecans or leave them out.
How to make this recipe
First, peel the carrots and finely grate them in a food processor. Preheat the oven and grease one 8 inch cake pan.
Add the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and beat with an electric mixer for 5 minutes.
Sift the dry ingredients. Then, add the flour and cinnamon to the bowl and gently combine. Don’t overmix the batter.
Next, add the baking powder and gently combine. Lastly, add the grated carrots and chopped walnuts and gently combine.
Transfer the batter to the cake pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. When the cake is ready, please remove it from the oven and let it cool down before eating.
Tips for making this recipe
- Don’t overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a more dense cake, keeping the cake from rising.
- Sift together the dry ingredients: Sifting all the dry ingredients while adding them to de mix will break up any lumps, combine them evenly with the other ingredients and make a perfectly smooth batter.
- Weight the ingredients: Weighting all the parts when baking is essential, especially weighing flour. Not adding the correct amount of flour when baking can make a cake turn out too dense, too chewy, or too small.
FAQ
What’s the best way to grate carrots for carrot cake?
The best way to grate carrots for homemade carrot cake is with a food processor. It’s easier, quicker, and the carrots will be finely grated, which is best to bake the batter evenly and not seeing large pieces of carrot on the cake when slicing it.
What do you use to decorate a carrot cake?
You can decorate a carrot cake with anything you like or according to the theme of the party. These are some ideas for decorating and coating your cake:
- Chocolate frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Caramel frosting
- Decorate with nuts
- Add edible flowers
- Decorate with carrots for an easter cake
This homemade carrot cake recipe is so delicious that you can eat it on its own without any frosting or decorations. But if you would like to make it look more appetizing and find a type of decoration that suits any occasion, you can add a delicious frosting on top and some nuts to decorate!
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Homemade Carrot Cake
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 8–12 slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
This homemade carrot cake is moist, delicious, easy to make, and filled with walnuts.
Ingredients
- 1 cup grated carrots (220 g), approximately 3 medium carrots
- 4 eggs, a room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar (180 g)
- 1 cup brown sugar (180 g)
- 1/2 cup sunflower vegetable oil (120 ml)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (300 g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- chopped walnuts or pecans (90g)
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Peel the carrots and finely grate them in a food processor. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 C).
- Grease one 8 inch cake pan.
- Add the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and beat with an electric mixer for 5 minutes.
- Sift the dry ingredients. Then, add the flour and cinnamon to the mixing bowl and combine with the wet ingredients. Don’t overmix the batter.
- Next, add the baking powder and gently combine.
- Add the grated carrots and chopped walnuts and gently combine.
- Transfer the batter to the cake pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. When the cake is ready, please remove it from the oven and let it cool down before adding the powdered sugar on top.
Notes
Grate the carrots on a food processor to achieve the best batter consistency.
Don’t overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a more dense cake, keeping the cake from rising.
Sift all the dry ingredients to break up any lumps, combine them evenly with the other ingredients to make a perfectly smooth batter.
Weight the ingredients, especially the flour. Weighting all the parts when baking is essential to achieve a fluffy cake and make it rise.
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