🥕 The Best Carrot Cake Ever 🍰
A soft, spiced, and ultra-moist carrot cake with toasted pecans, sweet pineapple, and silky cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
🍰 For the Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups finely grated carrots 🥕
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup chopped pecans (optional, toasted)
½ cup shredded coconut (optional)
🍥 Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz cream cheese, softened
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
3–3½ cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Prepare your pans 🧁
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
Mix dry ingredients 🥣
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
Combine wet ingredients 🥄
In another bowl, beat sugars, oil, eggs, and vanilla until well combined. Stir in grated carrots, pineapple, pecans, and coconut.
Make the batter ✨
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined—don’t overmix.
Bake the cake 🔥
Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 30–35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Make the frosting 🍥
Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add vanilla, salt, and powdered sugar gradually until thick and fluffy.
Assemble & decorate 🎂
Frost between the layers and cover the outside with swirls of cream cheese frosting. Garnish with extra chopped pecans if desired.
Recipe Details
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 12 slices
Difficulty: Medium
Why You’ll Love It
🥕 Incredibly moist & flavorful – Packed with carrots, pineapple, and warm spices.
🍰 That frosting! – Sweet, tangy, and smooth with the perfect cream cheese bite.
🎂 The kind of cake that gets better by the slice—classic, cozy, and unforgettable.
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