A classic, non-chocolate, soft textured cake is what I need for my grandmother’s birthday. It is just going to be the best for her health. I lost in the thoughts when I was young and it was my birthday what my grandmother did for me with excitement. On my birthday she made a cake for me.
Today, she is having her birthday and I want everything best for her, and I decided to make a cake for her and with her favorite Carrot but I don’t know the Carrot Cake recipe.
I surfed over the internet and get many Carrot Cake recipes and shortlisted one and started making the cake and after 1 hour and served to cake to my granny she appreciated me for my efforts and cake was yum.
I thought I should share the healthy Carrot Cake recipe with my lovely people so you can make this cake at home.
Let’s create a wonder with this bunny’s favorite ingredient.
Ingredients for Traditional Carrot Cake Recipe
For Carrot Cake
| Ingredients | Quantity |
| Carrots | 6 units |
| All-Purpose Flour | 2 Cups |
| Baking Powder | 2 tsp |
| Baking Soda | 1 tsp |
| Ground Cinnamon | 1/2 tsp |
| Ground Ginger | 1/2 tsp |
| Ground Nutmeg | 1/4 tsp |
| Salt | 1/2 tsp |
| Vegetable Oil | 3/4 cups |
| Eggs | 4 |
| Brown Sugar | 1 cup |
| Granulated Sugar | 1/2 cup |
| Applesauce | 1/2 cups |
| Vanilla Extract | 1 tsp |
For Frosting
| Ingredients | Quantity |
| Cream Cheese | 8 ounce |
| Unsalted Butter | 1/2 cup |
| Powdered Sugar | 2 cup |
| Pure Vanilla Extract | 1 tsp |
| Dry Fruits | For Toppings |
Traditional Carrot Cake Recipe
For Carrot Cake
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and mix all of them.
- Now take oil, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, applesauce, and vanilla in another bowl and whisk them together.
- Now grate the carrots and add them to the mixture you just made in step 2, and mix all of them.
- Now mix this mixture with all the dry ingredients from step 1 and mix them all.
- Now heat the oven at 350°F and spray two 9-inch round cake pans well with non-stick cooking spray.
- Now evenly pour the cake batter on the cake pans and bake it in the oven at 350°F for around 30 minutes.
- Remove it from the oven, and allow it to cool for around 20 minutes. And after 20 minutes, remove the cakes from the pans as well.
For Cheese Frosting
- Take a bowl and add butter, cream cheese, and vanilla and mix them using an electric mixer.
- When the mixture will become smooth and creamy, add powdered sugar and vanilla extract to the mixture.
- Again mix it until the frosting becomes smooth.
- Your frosting is ready
Put Frosting over the Cake
- When your frosting is ready, level the tops of the cake using a cake leveler.
- Now put 1/2 cup of the frosting of the first piece of cake evenly. You can use a knife to evenly spread it.
- Now place the other on the piece of cake that you have just frosted and use the remaining frosting to frost the top the sides of the cake.
- If desired, then you can use some dry fruits as toppings as well.
How Much Time it Will Take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Total |
| 2 Hours | 30 Minutes | 2 Hours 30 Minutes |
Nutritional Information for Carrot Cake Recipe
| Calories | 401 |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 46 g |
| Sugar | 35 g |
| Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Sodium | 246 g |
| Cholesterol | 52 g |
