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Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Blue Ribbon Prize Winner)

Here's how you make Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Blue Ribbon Prize Winner)
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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 50m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (we seldon use the nutmeg)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • ICING
  • 4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
  • 2 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
  • 1 tablespoon cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar (approximately)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In mixing bowl, combine and whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and set aside

  • Step 2: With electric mixer on low beat oil, sugar and eggs until combined. Beat on medium for two minutes

  • Step 3: Stir in dry ingredients. Fold in grated carrots and raisins

  • Step 4: Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan or two greased round cake pans. Bake 325 for 50 - 60 minutes

  • Step 5: Cool 10 minutes and turn out on wire rack. This is a very moist cake and needs to cool completely on wire racks before frosting

  • Step 6: When completely cooled ice with Cream cheese Icing. Beat the cream cheese, butter, cream and vanilla until smooth. Add in icing sugar, more if necessary for desired consistency.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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