4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups oil
1 T vanilla
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 lb carrots, shredded (about 6-7 carrots, or 3 cups shredded)
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
Beat eggs and sugar together.
Add oil, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well.
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Stir in carrots and walnuts.
Spray 2 cake pans with nonstick spray, you can use either 8 or 9 inch pans.
(Can also do a 9 by 13 pan, or 24 cupcakes)
Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes, or until tests done.
(Cupcakes for about 24 minutes, or mini-cupcakes for about 12 minutes)
Cool in pans for about 10 minutes, then turn out to cool completely on a wire rack.
Frost with cream cheese frosting when cool.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
8 oz cream cheese
2 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
9 oz powdered sugar (about 2 cups)
Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Add vanilla.
Add powdered sugar, beat until smooth.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups oil
- 1 T vanilla
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 lb carrots, shredded (about 6-7 carrots, or 3 cups shredded)
- 3/4 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 9 oz powdered sugar (about 2 cups)
Instructions
- Beat eggs and sugar together.
- Add oil, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir in carrots and walnuts.
- Spray 2 cake pans with nonstick spray, you can use either 8 or 9 inch pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes, or until tests done.
- (Cupcakes for about 24 minutes, or mini-cupcakes for about 12 minutes)
- Cool in pans for about 10 minutes, then turn out to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Frost with cream cheese frosting when cool.
Make frosting:
- Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add vanilla., then add powdered sugar, beat until smooth.
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