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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

January 26, 2013 by bsinthekitchen

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Carrot Cake from www.bsinthekitchen.comI’ve always really liked carrot cake, but I’ve never actually made it before. This is likely because it’s one of my grandma’s specialities. However the calling came for a traditional dessert for a family dinner, I decided to give it a whirl and I’m quite happy with the results! It’s a classic homemade carrot cake that’s promised to make everyone happy.

Carrot Cake from www.bsinthekitchen.com

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

A classic homemade carrot cake with a delicious Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Icing.
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup drained canned crushed pineapple

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Cream together your sugars, eggs and vanilla
  • Sift together your dry ingredients and combine with wet
  • Add in your grated carrots and pineapple and mix until well combined
  • Pour into a 9x13 greased pan
  • Bake for 40 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean

Thanks to Canadian Living for the inspiration behind this carrot cake.

Now really what’s a carrot cake without a good cream cheese icing? I also amped the icing up a bit with some vanilla beans.

 Carrot Cake from www.bsinthekitchen.com

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Icing

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 2 1/4 cups icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (I used Mexican vanilla)
  • 1/8 tsp Wilton butter flavor
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, scraped
  • 1-2 tbsp milk or cream

Whip your cream cheese until it become nice and fluffy, add in your icing sugar followed by your vanilla, butter flavouring and vanilla beans. Lastly add in your milk until you get a smooth, thinner icing.

Carrot Cake from www.bsinthekitchen.com

Top the cake with the icing once it’s completely cool.

Enjoy this classic carrot cake,

Carlene

 

 

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Filed Under: cake, Dessert, Easy Tagged With: bean, cake, carrot, cheese, cinnamon, cream, frosting, homemade, icing, Vanilla

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  1. Ashley Bee

    January 29, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Thank goodness there’s no raisins in it! Raisins in carrot cake just ruin it for me. This looks lovely 🙂

    • bsinthekitchen

      January 29, 2013 at 10:03 am

      Our family had the same discussion on raisins while eating it! We agree, no raisins!

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