Carrot Cake From Scratch

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smoking b

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I've had a lot of requests for my carrot cake recipe so here it is.

You will need...

3 3/4 cups flour - all purpose

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp cardamom

3/4 tsp salt

1 pinch of ground cloves

1 stick of butter - 1/2 cup

3/4 cup orange juice

3/4 cup syrup - maple, pancake or your own - I made mine fresh for this but any will work

1/4 cup oil

4 chicken eggs

3 cups shredded carrot

1-2 cups chopped nuts - if you want - I didn't have any pecans handy so I used walnuts...


Start by preheating your oven to 350* & shredding your carrots - I used a food processor to save grating them by hand. You want these ready to go so your batter doesn't thicken up while you're preparing them.


Chop your nuts if using them - I used my mini food processor but you can do them however you want.


Mix all your dry ingredients together.


Cut in the butter - if you don't have a pastry blender a fork will work fine it will just take a bit longer...


Add the chicken eggs, orange juice, syrup & oil.


Mix everything together well.


Add the shredded carrot & it mix it in.


Add nuts if you're going to use them & mix them in.


Pour your mix in your baking pan. I used a 9 x 13 & lined it with parchment paper so it wouldn't stick.

Bake it for 45 minutes to an hour depending on how thick you have it in your baking pan - use the toothpick test to tell when it is done. This particular one was done in 50 minutes.


Here it is right out of the oven.


& here it is cut.


Closer view of the goodness.


& here is a piece with a cream cheese glaze I made - if you're going to put any type of frosting on it let it cool down for a half hour or so...


I like to store mine with a small container of water but it never really lasts long enough to benefit from it...

And there you go - not that difficult at all 
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Very nice SB & thanks for sharing.... Carrot cake is awesome & that looks real tasty ! :drool

Justin
 
SB thanks for sharing I need to give this to my wife.I gave her a Zucunni bread recipe 2 years ago so we been eating Zucunni bread every week since.Maybe she will change up now hahahahahah

Dan 
 
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