The Best Simple Carrot Cake Recipe

This incredibly delicious and simple carrot cake recipe is a spin off of a recipe my sister has made famous in our family. This recipe requires no fancy equipment and very little time to pull together. Made from scratch has never been easier or more delicious.

What is this Simple Carrot Cake Made Of?

Oil

Carrot cake is an oil based cake which helps the cake to have its characteristic dense texture and elevates the spices. While most oil based cakes use vegetable or canola oils, we much prefer coconut oil.

According to Medical News Today, coconut oil has many possible benefits such as the potential to reduce bad cholesterol and controlling blood sugar! While more research is needed to confirm the benefits, we love using coconut oil as a substitute for other oil options. In our home, we have moved away from high inflammatory oils like vegetable oils and canola oils and replaced these fats with coconut oil, butter, and lard in our cooking and baking.

Flour

We use an organic all purpose flour for this cake. Organic is our preference for all the flour we use here at the farmhouse because it does not contain bromate. King Arthur is our preferred brand nowadays as it is made right here in the USA and has yielded consistently good quality results in our baking.

Carrots!

You can’t forget the carrots in this tasty cake! We use a whopping 3 cups of shredded carrots. No need to even peel them, just give them a wash and shred away.

All The Other Things For This Simple Carrot Cake

You will need both brown sugar and white sugar in this recipe. Brown sugar helps to give the cake a nice color and depth of flavor.

Cinnamon also adds great spicy flavor to the cake, while baking soda gives this dense cake some lift and lightness.

Nuts provide a nice texture to the final cake. We prefer pecans, but walnuts are also a great choice.

Cream Cheese Frosting

This carrot cake would not be complete without the tangy and sweet cream cheese frosting. This delectable frosting is rich and creamy and highlights the spice of the cake.

Let’s Make This Incredibly Simple Carrot Cake!

Cake

This carrot cake really is simple to pull together and is my go to when I want an easy and quick dessert. All you need to pull this cake together is a large mixing bowl and wooden spoon.

In a large bowl, mix together the oil and sugars until well combined. Add in the eggs one at a time. Mix well after each addition.

Stir in the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until just mixed.

Finally, fold in the carrots and nuts and pour into 2 prepared 9 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes and then turn out the cake onto a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

To bring this delicious and creamy frosting together, you only need four simple ingredients: cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar. It is important to make sure the butter and cream cheese are room temperature before starting to blend.

Start by beating the room temperature cream cheese with the whisk attachment and add in room temperature butter. Once the cream cheese and butter come together, add in the vanilla. Mix well. Slowly add the powdered sugar half a cup at a time at low speed to prevent a white cloud of sugar.

Frost your cake generously and enjoy!

How to Store Carrot Cake For Ultimate Freshness

This carrot cake is so delicious it is likely that it will not be around for long, but for ultimate freshness, store your cake covered in the fridge for up to a week.

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Incredibly Simple Carrot Cake

A deliciously sweet and moist spice cake chocked full of carrots and nuts and topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  

Cake

• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup Coconut Oil
• 4 Eggs
• 2 Cups All Purpose flour
• 1½ tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 3 Cups Grated Carrots
• 1¼ Cups Chopped Pecans

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
• ½ Cup Butter softened
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1½ Cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease 2 9 inch cake pans with butter or coconut oil
• In a large bowl combine sugars and oil with a wooden spoon
• Add in 4 eggs, 1 at a time
• Stir in flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon with a wooden spoon until just mixed.
• Fold in carrots and nuts
• Divide batter evenly between 2 prepared 9 inch cake pans
• Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then turn out onto a cooling rack. Cool completely

Cream Cheese Frosting

• Using a whisk attachment on a stand mixer, whip cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Beat in butter until well combined.
• Add in vanilla and beat on medium high until well combined
• Reduce speed to low and add in powdered sugar a half cup at a time. Beat until light and fluffy. Frost the cake generously and enjoy!

Keyword cake, dessert, spice cake

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