Layered Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
This delightful carrot cake is a perfect balance of moist cake and creamy frosting. A tender crumb filled with grated carrots and warm spices, this cake is topped with a rich cream cheese frosting that will make every bite a joy to savor. A treat for special occasions or any day that deserves a little sweetness.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- 3 1/2 cups grated carrots
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly grease three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line bottom of pans with waxed paper. Lightly grease waxed paper. Using a large mixer, beat sugar and vegetable oil in bowl until combined. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into sugar and oil mixture. Stir in carrots.
- Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, about 45 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 15 minutes. Turn out cakes onto racks and cool completely.
- Using a mixer, beat all frosting ingredients in medium bowl until smooth and creamy.
- Place 1 cake layer on platter. Spread with 1 cup frosting on top. Top with another cake layer. Spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. And more swirls of icing on top.
- Top with flowers and decorations as desired
Nutrition
- Calories: 949 kcal
- Carbohydrate Content: 113 g
- Protein Content: 7 g
- Fat Content: 54 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 17 g
- Trans Fat Content: 1 g
- Cholesterol Content: 119 mg
- Sodium Content: 680 mg
- Fiber Content: 2 g
- Sugar Content: 90 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content: 33 g
- Serving Size: 1 serving
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