A simple recipe for a moist and delicious carrot cake! It is very easy to make and so tasty, that you are sure to make it often.
I first had this cake at a friend’s house and loved it instantly. I requested her for the recipe and since then have made it multiple times and each time, it has been enjoyed by both my family as well as friends.
Below is a step by step recipe for carrot cake with pictures:
Preparation Time : 20 mins
Baking Time : 45 mins
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour: 2 cups
Vegetable Oil: 1 and 1/4 cup
Sugar: 2 cups
Eggs: 4
Vanilla Essence: 2 tsp
Baking Soda: 2 tsp
Baking Powder: 2 tsp
Cinnamon Powder: 2 tsp
Carrot: 3 cups grated
Walnuts: 1 cup broken into small pieces
Salt :1/2 tsp
Method of Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and flour a cake pan.
- Beat the eggs till light and fluffy. Add sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla essence and beat well.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and salt. Mix well.
- Stir in the carrots and walnuts.
- Pour the prepared batter in the cake pan and let bake for 45 minutes.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn on wire rack and cool completely.
For all the cake recipes on this blog, you can click here: Cakes. Some of the popular ones on this blog are Cola Cake, Tavsali (Goan Cucumber cake), Chocolate lava cake.
Carrot Cake
- All Purpose Flour: 2 cups
- Vegetable Oil: 1 and ¼ cup
- Sugar: 2 cups
- Eggs: 4
- Vanilla Essence: 2 tsp
- Baking Soda: 2 tsp
- Baking Powder: 2 tsp
- Cinnamon Powder: 2 tsp
- Carrot: 3 cups grated
- Walnuts: 1 cup broken into small pieces
- Salt :1/2 tsp
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and flour a cake pan.
- Beat the eggs till light and fluffy. Add sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla essence and beat well.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and salt. Mix well.
- Stir in the carrots and walnuts.
- Pour the prepared batter in the cake pan and let bake for 45 minutes.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn on wire rack and cool completely.
Speak Your Mind