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Natalie's Killer Carrot Cake

A healthy Carrot Cake recipe is not as hard to prepare as it sounds. The ingredients are all easily available and you can make it by hand, without the use of a mixer. For convenience, you can buy pre-shredded carrots. You can also shred them in a food processor. If you want to avoid grating your own carrots, check out these tips and tricks for a healthier version of this cake.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Course: Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 432
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

Natalie's Killer Carrot Cake
  • 2 cup AP Flour
  • 1 cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 1/4 cup 100% Vegetable Oil
  • 3 cups Grated Carrots
  • 1/2 - 1 cup Pecan Pieces save some for decorating
Cream Cheese Frosting
yield: enough for this cake
  • 2 8 oz packages Cream Cheese softened
  • 2 TBS Butter softened
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 1 TBS Lemon Juice
  • pinch Salt
  • 4 - 5 cups Powdered Sugar sifted

Method
 

Natalie's Killer Carrot Cake
  1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. prepare two 9 inch cake pans
  3. Whisk together first 7 ingredients. In another bowl whisk together eggs and oil.
  4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mix until incorporated. Fold in carrots and nuts.
  5. Pour in two 9 inch cake rounds, bake for 35 - 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  6. Let cool at least 30 minutes before taking out of pan.
Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. Using your electric mixer, cream together first 5 ingredients until smooth.
  2. Add powdered sugar slowly until 4 cups have been added. I prefer my frosting a bit more thick so I used closer to 5 cups.

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Notes

There is 3 cups of grated carrots in this cake (which took me a pound of carrots to get) so this cake is somewhat healthy... right? OK wrong. But it's SO good! I like to add lemon juice to my cream cheese frosting to make it more tangy. Oh and this cake stays moist for days, not that it will last that long!