Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, best carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
BEST Carrot Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. BEST Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have best carrot cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make BEST Carrot Cake:
Prepare 1 ~CAKE BATTER~
Take 2 cup all-purpose flour
Prepare 2 tsp baking soda
Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
Take 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Get 3 large eggs
Prepare 2 cup sugar
Make ready 3/4 cup vegetable oil
Get 3/4 cup buttermilk
Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract
Prepare 2 cup grated carrot
Prepare 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
Prepare 1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
Prepare 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake
Take 1 ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~
Prepare 1 cup sugar
Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
Prepare 1/2 cup buttermilk
Get 1/2 cup butter or margarine
Make ready 1 tbsp light corn syrup
Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
Make ready 1 ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~
Get 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
Take 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Make ready 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Take 3 cup sifted powdered sugar
Get 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions to make BEST Carrot Cake:
☆CAKE☆
Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside.
Stir together first 4 ingredients.
Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.
Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●
●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●
●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●
●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●
For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake.
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