This Carrot Cake Recipe has been enjoyed by my family for years, and now you can too!
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This is a family recipe that I have been making since I was a little child. Every Christmas I would spend a weekend at my Grandmas house and bake and make candy with her. The memories of the smells and twinkling lights in her house always come back at Christmas time.
This Carrot Cake Recipe Is Fun to Make with Family
I hadn’t made this carrot cake recipe in a couple of years. Having kids birthdays, school events and all the other holiday things just put it on the back burner. I was recently asked to make a carrot cake for a friends birthday and I jumped at the opportunity. Needless to say, carrot cake is back in the holiday baking line up!
What was so nice about it this time… my kids were actually old enough to sit on the counter and help. Hey, even my husband grated the carrots for me, win! So this time it was really a family affair. This is my favorite time being in the kitchen, and thankfully I have a KitchenAid that also makes this recipe easy!
Other things I like to make during this season besides this carrot cake recipe:
Plus many more recipes are coming in the next weeks! My grandma and I use to make lots of homemade candy as well. I actually just found all those recipes last week. I think this is the year to get back into candy making too. This carrot cake recipe is one that I will always cherish.
What you will need
Here’s a quick list of what you will need:
- Flour
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Carrots
- Crushed Pineapple
- Cinnamon
- Cream Cheese
- Powdered Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Vanilla
- Pecans
- Heavy Whipping Cream
See, nothing too crazy. However, there are a lot of ingredients in it. That’s okay, it makes it that much better! The frosting on this cake is to die for.
This carrot cake recipe typically makes 1 loaf pan. As you can see in the pictures I have made it in a bundt pan. I doubled the recipe. If you double it, you will make a bundt pan plus a loaf pan worth. For some reason if you double the recipe, it triples it in size. So be prepared if you want to double it, you will have a lot of carrot cake!
Carrot Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
- 4 Cups Organic Flour
- 4 Cups Sugar
- 4 Tsp Baking Powder
- 2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 4 Tsp Cinnamon
- 2 Tsp Sea Salt
- 2½ Cups Avocado Oil
- 8 Whole Eggs
- 4 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 4 Cups Grated Carrot
- 2 Cups Crushed Pineapple
- 2 Cups Chopped Pecans
Carrot Cake Frosting
- 8 Oz Cream Cheese
- 3 Tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1½ Tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ Tsp Sea Salt
- 1 Lb Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325℉
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.
- Then add oil and beat 2 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beat 2 minutes.
- Stir in 2 carrots, pineapple and chopped pecans by hand.
- Pour into loaf pan and bake at 325℉ for 40-45 minutes.
Carrot Cake Frosting
- Soften 8 oz of cream cheese with 3 tbsp of heavy whipping cream and 1½ tsp of vanilla. Beat until fluffy.
- Add salt and powdered sugar slowly and beat until combined and smooth.
- Once the carrot cake is cool, you can frost it.
My dad loves pineapple and carrot cake, he’s going to love this. I can’t wait to try it!
I love carrot cake and this recipe looks and sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
This carrot cake looks so delicious! The combination of warm spices and cream cheese frosting makes it such a perfect homemade dessert. Definitely saving this to try soon.