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Homemade Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Here's an easy carrot cake recipe with a cream cheese frosting. I love to use a can of crushed pineapple for maximum flavor.
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For The Cake
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cups sugar 200 g
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 cups flour 120 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups grated carrots*
  • 1/2 small can crushed pineapple lightly drained 4 oz
  • 1-1/2 cups Carrots *peeled and finely grated.
For The Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1/2 stick softened salted butter
  • 1/2 stick softened cream cheese 4 oz
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract optional
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 7x11 inch baking dish.
  2. To a bowl, whisk the vegetable oil and sugar together.
  3. Add the eggs and whisk until blended nicely.
  4. In a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon,. Mix well.
  5. Add 1/2 the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir in the flour blend. Now add the shredded carrots, and crushed pineapple.
  6. Now add the rest of the flour blend and mix everything until blended. No need to over mix.
  7. Pour the batter into the greased baking dish. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the middle of the cake. Allow the cake to cool before icing.
For The Icing:
  1. To a bowl, add the butter and cream cheese. Blend the butter and cream cheese together using a hand-held mixer.
  2. Now add the salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract and blend together.
  3. Now slowly add in the powdered sugar until you get a beautiful icing.
  4. Spread this delicious icing over top of the cake and enjoy!