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Carrot Cake

Dessert · American

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Carrot Cake

This carrot cake recipe makes a tender and moist cake with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting. Perfect for Easter or a pleasing potluck dessert.

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Yield1 (9x13-inch) cake
Prep30 min
Cook40 min
Total80 min

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
  2. Beat white sugar, oil, eggs, and 2 teaspoons vanilla together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined.
  3. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; stir in carrots, then fold in 1 cup pecans.
  4. Pour into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
  6. Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until frosting is smooth and creamy.
  7. Stir in 1 cup chopped pecans.
  8. Frost cooled cake. Serve and enjoy!