carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

My grandma made it for us growing up and I got the recipe from her. This will be the best carrot cake you ever eat.

"I have the exact same recipe and get requests to make it several times a year. Only change to my recipe is I half the oil substituting the other 1/2 with unsweetened applesauce. A little healthier. I have replaced all oil with applesauce before. It works and it's great but it gives too much of a fruity taste to what is supposed to be carrot cake. " - BriteEyesNda805

Yield: 1 Ready in 50 minutes

Cuisine: cakeMain Ingredient: carrots

(4.3, 30) 87% would make again (reviews)

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Original recipe makes 1

2 cupsFlour

1 1/2 cupsSugar

2 teaspoonsbaking powder

2 teaspoonsbaking soda

1 teaspoonSalt

2 teaspoonscinnamon

1 1/2 cupsVegetable oil

4 Eggs

2 cupscarrots; grated

1 cancrushed pineapple; undrained

2 teaspoonsvanilla extract

frosting:

1 boxconfectioners' sugar

8 ozPhiladelphia cream cheese; (softened)

0.25 cupbutter; or margarine softened

1 teaspoonlemon extract

1 Mix until smooth

carrot cake with cream cheese frosting Preparation

Combine first 6 ingredients in mixing bowl, mixing well.

Add oil, eggs, carrots, pineapple and vanilla, mixing well

Pour batter into 3 greased (spray pans with Pam) 8-inch round cake pans.

Bake at 325 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.

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Calories Per Serving: 46626
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carrot cake with cream cheese frosting Reviews
All 30 reviews

	HoneeBee 1 months, 3 days, 10 hours, 7 minutes ago
	Liliannora 1 months, 6 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes ago
	I use vanilla extract in the icing instead of lemon. Make sure it is clear vanilla so it doesn't discolor the icing. Jeanwgriffin 1 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago
	I also used 2 Tbs of oil and 2cups of apple sauce Redturtle 4 months, 4 weeks, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago
	Loved it:) but i decreased the amount of cinnamon as i didnt like the cinnamony tast Azreena 7 months, 18 hours, 41 minutes ago
	Tried a couple of times - great result with about 1/3 less oil and half pineapple. Works great for me :) malcolmhills 7 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 10 hours, 25 minutes ago
	Came out super moist and tasted great! Substituted 1/2 cup of oil for 1/2 cup of apple sauce Vnrivera 7 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes ago
	I baked this recipe yesterday. Unfortunately it's way to greesy for me. I definately have to use way less oil that it requires. inchm 8 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 7 hours, 24 minutes ago
	Surely that calorie count can't be right?! HigginsHouse 9 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes ago
	Ssssoooo yummy! Now if only I could find a carrot cake recipe that I actually like. tonirobbins2 9 months, 4 weeks, 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
	Love this recipe! A little too much oil but that's easily adjusted... I added margarine and brown sugar to my jumbo cupcake pan like you would for pineapple upside down cake) and they turned out delicious! Perfect little single serve desserts. Yummy. MarciGee 11 months, 3 weeks, 1 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes ago
	Turned out fantastic! Only thing is I'm using a little less pineapple this time. The first time around it came out a little too moist and would quite stay together. Also dusting a little flour on the greased pans. Thanks for the revipe! Magana_Danielle 1 years, 1 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes ago
	I made this cake and swapped out the reg flour for whole wheat flour and I loved it !!! Thanks I will be making again Gabysmom 1 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 57 minutes ago
	I made this for my husbands birthday. We loved it. However I don't think everyone was wild about the lemon extract in the frosting. I think next time I will use vanilla. Jsmithm 1 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
	Super easy to make recipe. My 9 year old pretty much make it by herself. So moist and delicious! Made it two weekends in a row. The frosting recipe is to die for A's well! Sweethot143 1 years, 7 months, 3 days, 11 hours, 36 minutes ago
	Made it with brown sugar and maple syrup and added chopped walnuts. Square pan worked better for me. Also instead of icing sugar, i used maple syrup and 1 tsp extra cinnamon in the frosting. I left out the pineapple. Also try pumpkin instead of carrots vety yummy Lansari 1 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 8 hours, 45 minutes ago
	I've never tried this cake but was wondering, is there really 50723 calories per serving or is that an error? That just sounds impossible. Elyse134 1 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 14 hours, 12 minutes ago
	I made this for my mom's birthday. My first time making carrot cake and my first time attempting layers. The cake TASTES delicious but my layers just made me laugh. It was quite pathetic looking. I'd make it again but in a 9x12 :) janafortune 1 years, 10 months, 15 minutes ago
	I think someone mixed up the sugar and flour... Too sweet Greenchef 1 years, 11 months, 3 days, 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
	AMAZING! I made this for my class and everyone loved it; I got so many compliments about how it was the best carrot cake people had ever tasted! I went home and baked another one for my family lol thank youu for this recipe! eiggamiv 1 years, 11 months, 6 days, 55 minutes ago