Carrot Cake Recipe?

[allibally]

Anyone have a good recipe to follow?

I haven't made one in over a year. Have no idea what recipe I got off the internet. :/ I really want to make this taste good to beat my craving. Mmmm cream cheese frosting.

Otherwise I guess I should just go to the local coffee shop and buy just a slice.

[jennybee1018]

We had carrot cake for our wedding cake, so it's a favorite of mine and I've baked a few of my own :-)

I'd recommend this one: smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/carrot-cake-with-maple-cream-cheese-frosting/
You could leave out the maple syrup from the frosting for a regular cream cheese frosting.

This one also looks good, and I think the macadamia nuts, pineapple and shredded coconut is optional! annies-eats.com/2010/03/31/tropical-carrot-cake/

[blushing]

This one! I have made it countless times and even my husband who does not like carrot cake has declared it his favourite all time cake -http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4425/carrot-cake
Ingredients
300g plain flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g soft brown sugar
4 eggs
250ml oil
1 orange , zested
1 lemon , zested
200g carrots , finely grated
150g walnuts , chopped
227g tin pineapple pieces, well drained and chopped (optional)

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
125g unsalted butter at room temperature
50g icing sugar
250g cream cheese

1.Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Line a 20cm, 10cm deep cake tin. Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together and stir in the sugar. Beat the eggs with the oil and citrus zests. Stir in the carrots and fold everything into the flour mixture. Fold in the walnuts and pineapple if using. Spoon the mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool.
For the frosting, beat the butter and icing sugar together until soft and then beat in the cream cheese. Chill the mixture until it's thick but spreadable. Spread a thick layer on top of the cake, making sure the side of the icing is flat and continues upwards from the side of the cake.

[violetsmommy]

Why did I open this post?! Now I want carrot cake! Guess I will just have to go buy some ingredients.

[Cheesecake]

May 22, 2012 5:41:32 GMT -5 violetsmommy said:

Why did I open this post?! Now I want carrot cake! Guess I will just have to go buy some ingredients.

This!!! And I don't even like most carrot cakes!

[allibally]

Thanks ladies! I think I'll save these for next week! I'm not highly motivated to go to the grocery store. I have the stuff for rice krispie bars here. That should curb my sweet tooth.