Carrot Cake
A fast and easy homemade carrot cake recipe! a great spice cake, and perfect for a celebration!
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1¼ cups oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cups shredded carrots
Frosting
- 1 pkg cream cheese
- ½ cup butter (softened, but not melted)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
If you are making a Carrot Cake Cheesecake
- The day before, make a no-bake cheesecake, line the same cake pan you will use to bake the cake with parchment and freeze the cheesecake overnight. The next day, take the cheesecake out with the parchment and keep it in the freezer until the assembly of the cake.
Cake
- Beat the oil, sugar and eggs together, then add the carrots and mix well
- Add the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon and incoorperate all together
- Grease 2-8 inch pans and pour the batter into both evenly.
- Bake at 350 for about an hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean. This cake is very dense so the cook time is long.
- Asseble the cake on a stand, with the cheesecake layer between the two cakes. If you are not using cheesecake, use frosting!