Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. The BEST Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. I love cream cheese frosting but some recipes have too much for my taste. Just because it has a few carrots in it doesn't make it health food!

I love cream cheese frosting and carrot cake was always my favorite cake for my birthdays growing up! I am definitely going to make these for an upcoming meeting happening at a. Fluffy cream cheese frosting makes the ultimate topper for an ultramoist, classic carrot cake. You can cook Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. It's of cake.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of flour.
3. It's 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of allspice.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
9. You need 4 of eggs.
10. Prepare 1 1/3 cup of sugar.
11. You need 1/2 cup of Light brown sugar.
12. It's 1 cup of vegetable oil.
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of plain yogurt.
14. Prepare 5 cup of grated carrots.
15. You need of topping.
16. Prepare 1 cup of coarsely chopped pecans.
17. Prepare of frosting.
18. You need 2 stick of butter.
19. You need 2 cup of cream cheese.
20. It's 2 cup of powdered sugar.
21. It's 1 tsp of vanilla.

Beat in the vanilla, then the confectioners' sugar; beat at low speed until incorporated. Topped with a cream cheese frosting, the cake was a hit with kids and grownups alike. But best of all, my little guy spent the next week crowing "Me birfday cake, me eat it allll!!!," while his chocolate-adoring sister requested the same carrot cake for her next birthday party. The incredible taste of your favorite carrot cake but in bar form!

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting instructions

1. In a sml. bowl add all dry ingredients..
2. In a lg. bowl add moist ingredients..
3. Add dry ingredients to moist ingredients. Blend together and pour batter into a ungreased 9 X 13 pan..
4. Bake for 20 min. at 350°. Rotate and bake for 20 more min..
5. Roast pecans for 10 min..
6. Let cake cool for 2 hrs. before adding frosting..
7. Sprinkle chopped pecans over frosting..
8. .

Make the frosting: Place the cream cheese and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. (Alternatively, use an electric hand mixer and large bowl.) Beat on medium speed until combined. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt until the frosting starts to. Because of the cream cheese frosting, I recommend storing these carrot cake cupcakes in the refrigerator. Then enjoy chilled or let rest at room With mixer running on low speed, slowly add powdered sugar and beat until well blended and smooth*. There's a reason I've called this the The Ultimate Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting: it's extra moist and tender and flavored with the perfect blend of spices.