Best Carrot Cake (EVER)
 
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This is the absolute best carrot cake recipe. You may end up eating more than half the cake yourself, so be careful.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12 large pieces
Ingredients
  • 4 eggs
  • 1½ c sugar
  • 1½ c vegetable oil
  • 2 c flour
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 c grated carrots
  • 1 16 oz package whole pecans
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • ½ c butter (1 stick)
  • 1 lb powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp almond extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Grease 2 10 inch round cake pans
  3. CAKE:
  4. In a large bowl mix together eggs, sugar, and vegetable oil until smooth.
  5. Add the cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg and mix together.
  6. Add in the flour and mix well.
  7. Fold in the carrots.
  8. Split the cake batter between the two cake pans.
  9. Put in the oven for 25-30 minutes (check by poking with a fork)
  10. Let cool.
  11. Remove the cakes from the cake pans.
  12. FROSTING:
  13. In a separate bowl mix the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and almond extract.
  14. Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time.
  15. Mix until you have a thick, creamy frosting.
  16. On the first round cake frost the top and then layer the other cake on top.
  17. Finish frosting the whole cake.
  18. Layer the sides of the cake with the whole pecans.
  19. Cut triangle pieces and Enjoy.
Recipe by Sugar n' Spice Gals at https://sugar-n-spicegals.com/best-carrot-cake-ever-2/