Carrot Cake Recipe
Pecans + toasted coconut + cream cheese vanilla icing + salted caramel gelato
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Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients
Method
Cake Directions
Preheat the oven
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
Mix dry ingredients
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
Bake the cake
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool the cakes
Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Prepare icing
While the cakes cool, you can prepare the cream cheese icing by beating together 8 oz of cream cheese, 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, 4 cups of powdered sugar, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
Assemble the cake
Once the cakes are completely cool, spread the cream cheese icing between the layers and on top of the cake.