Spiced Carrot Cake with Toasted Pecans

By mikeimmell

Impress your guests with this simple and delicious carrot cake with toasted pecans.

Recipe adapted from The Slow Roasted Italian's: Carrot Cake with Toasted Pecans

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 whole eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger (optional)
• 2 cups grated carrots
• ICING:
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 pounds powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cup pecans, chopped finely and toasted

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from 3.bp.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with Baker’s Joy.

Cake:

In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer or a whisk beat together the sugar, oil and eggs.

In another medium bowl add flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger and whisk to combine.

Add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix by hand to combine.

Add carrots and mix well by hand until throughly combined.

Pour into prepared cake pans and bake until done, 40 to 45 minutes.

Allow cakes to cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack, then invert on cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

While the cakes are cooling prepare the icing.

In large bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and vanilla and blend.

Spread on cooled carrot cake. To decorate cake as seen above follow these directions:

Using a cake leveler or a bread knife, slice cakes in half to make 4 cake layers. Put a dab of frosting in the center of your plate. Place the first layer, cut side up on a plate.

Frost bottom layer and add the second layer, repeat until you have the top layer on the cake. The top layer should be bottom side up, cut side down. The smoothest layer. Frost the top and sides with the remaining icing. Press the chopped toasted pecans on the sides of the cake. You can add a decorative touch by trimming the top in toasted whole pecans.