Steps to Make Any-night-of-the-week The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake
by Ethan Fox
The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, the ultimate classic carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook the ultimate classic carrot cake using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake:
Make ready all-purpose flour
Get sugar
Prepare ground cinnamon
Make ready baking powder
Get baking soda
Prepare large eggs
Make ready vegetable oil (or canola oil, grapeseed oil, etc.)
Take unsweetened, chunky applesauce
Prepare vanilla extract
Get carrots, shredded (about 5 small carrots)
Take can pineapple, drained and chopped
Take walnuts, chopped
Instructions to make The Ultimate Classic Carrot Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease three 8-inch round cake pans with nonstick spray.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, applesauce and vanilla.
Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Fold in carrots, pineapple and walnuts.
Evenly divide batter between prepared cake pans and bake in oven for about 45 minutes until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
When the cakes feel cool to the touch, place the butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-low speed until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.
With the mixer running on low, gradually add in powdered sugar. Beat on medium until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl as necessary.
Remove the cooled cakes from their tins and place one of the layers, flat side down, on a flat plate or cake stand.
Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Top with another cake layer. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Top with final layer.
Using icing spatula, spread remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake, making decorative swirls in the frosting if desired.
Press chopped walnuts along the bottom edge of the sides.
Cake can be stored, covered in fridge, for up to 3 days. Serve at room temperature.
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