Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By ErinM6610

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1 t. ground cinnamon
• 3/4 t. salt
• 1/2 t. ground ginger
• 1/4 t. ground nutmeg
• 3 sticks unsalted butter (room temp.)
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 t. vanilla
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 3/4 cup chopped carrots
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 16 oz. cream cheese (room temp.)
• 2 t. vanilla extract
• 2 sticks unsalted butter (room temp.)
• 2 lb. powdered sugar

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 75mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat Oven: 350 degrees

Whisk: flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg.

Beat: butter, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating 3 minutes after each. Add vanilla, water, and carrots beat for 2 minutes.

Next, add flour mixture and beat on low speed. Last add in pecans.

Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes trim. Trim tops of two cakes. Cut side up and add frosting. Top cut side down add frosting. Top with third cake and add frosting to the rest of the cake. Add chopped pecans to the sides of the cake.

Frosting: beat cream cheese and vanilla. Add butter gradually. On low speed add in powdered sugar.