This easy, super simple homemade Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting is a two-layered, perfectly spiced, fluffy and moist cake with a hint of cinnamon and a dense cream cheese frosting.
The perfect dessert for a spring celebration or any other special occasions.
Simple Carrot Cake Recipe
This traditional carrot cake recipe used to be baked in spring celebration like Easter. However, a lot of people who love healthy cakes bake it all year round not only in the spring holidays. This cake is incredibly moist and soft you will fall in love with it once you taste it.
Carrot Cake Ingredients
You don't need any fancy ingredients to make this classic cake; I bet you will find all the ingredients below in your pantry.
For the cake
- Plain flour
- Carrot
- White sugar
- Eggs at room temperature
- Oil
- Baking powder
- Vanilla extract
- Ground cinnamon
This amount of ingredients makes two layers of 22 cm cake.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream cheese
- Heavy whipped cream
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
How To Make This Simple Carrot Cake
To get the perfect result, follow the instructions below.
Preparing the oven: Preheat the oven at 170C.
Preparing the cake: Firstly, crack the eggs in a bowl and add the vanilla extract then whisk using the electric whisk.
Add the white sugar, keep whisking.
Then, add the oil then whisk again.
In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.
Now, add the flour mixture to the egg mixture then whisk one more time.
Finally, add the carrot and stir using a spatula.
Preparing the baking dishes: Line two springforms sized 22 cm with parchment pepper and grease the sides with butter.
Baking: Divide the batter between the two springforms equally then bake for about 30 minutes until they become golden brown coloured.
Let the cake cool down completely before adding the topping.
How To Make The Cream Cheese Frosting
Making the cream cheese frosting is so easy, you only need two separate bowls and the electric whisk. Let's talk in details.
In a bowl, whisk the heavy whipped cream until it has a thick consistency.
In the other bowl, whisk the cream cheese, powdered sugar and the vanilla extract. Then fold in the heavy cream mixture and stir with a spatula until incorporated. Put in the fridge until needed.
Assembling Everything
Spread equally a generous amount of the cream cheese frosting on the first layer of the cake then top it with the second layer.
After that, spread the rest of the frosting on the top layer and all around the cake. Then sprinkle some ground cinnamon on the top.
Storage
To Store: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 1-2 days.
Freeing: To freeze this cake, it is better if you freeze it without frosting. You can keep it in the freezer for 2-3 months.
Thaw at room temperate, then top it with the frosting.
Tools Used In Making This Homemade Carrot Cake
- Springform
- Cooling rack
- Icing spatula
- Electric whisk
- Bowl
- Spatula
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Simple Carrot Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 cup carrot grated
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 5 eggs at room temperature
- ⅓ cup oil
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Cream cheese frosting
- ¾ cup cream cheese
- ½ cup heavy whipped cream
- 5 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 170C.
- Firstly, crack the eggs in a bowl and add the vanilla extract then whisk using the electric whisk.5 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Add the white sugar, keep whisking.1 ¼ cups white sugar
- Then, add the oil then whisk again.⅓ cup oil
- In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.2 cups plain flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- Now, add the flour mixture to the egg mixture then whisk one more time.
- Finally, add the carrot and stir using a spatula.1 cup carrot
- Line two springforms sized 22 cm with parchment pepper and grease the sides with butter.
- Divide the batter between the two springforms equally then bake for about 30 minutes until they become golden brown coloured.
- Let the cake cool down completely before adding the topping.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a bowl, whisk the heavy whipped cream until it has a thick consistency.½ cup heavy whipped cream
- In the another bowl, whisk the cream cheese, powdered sugar and the vanilla extract. Then fold in the heavy cream mixture and stir with a spatula until incorporated. Put in the fridge until needed.¾ cup cream cheese, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 5 tablespoon powdered sugar
Assembling everything
- Spread equally a generous amount of the cream cheese frosting on the first layer of the cake then top it with the second layer.
- Spread the rest of the frosting on the top layer and all around the cake. Then sprinkle some ground cinnamon on the top.
Notes
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