Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 large carrots, grated
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit (or180 degrees celcius).
• 2 grease pan of your choice.
• 3 in a medium to large bowl to make the cream cheese frosting, combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.
• 4 using a hand mixer, mix everything together until it is light, soft and creamy.
• 5 in a large bowl to make the carrot cake, beat together eggs, oil, sugar and 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract.
• 6 add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon onto mixture.
• 7 stir in the 3 cups of grated carrots.
• 8 fold in 1 cup of chopped pecans.
• 9 pour the batter into greased pan.
• 10 bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes depending on your oven's temperature.
• 11 allow the carrot cake to cool down for at least 10 minutes.
• 12 place on a wire rack to cool for an additional 10 minutes.
• 13 apply the cream cheese frosting onto your cooled carrot cake.
• 14 store your cream cheese frosting in the fridge while waiting for cake to bake or make frosting after while cake is baking. both ways is fine.