Daddys Amazing Carrot Cake Recipes

CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk. Stir in carrots, coconut, vanilla, and pineapple. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gently stir into carrot mixture. Stir in chopped nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine butter or margarine, cream cheese, vanilla, and confectioners sugar. Blend until creamy. Frost cake while still in the pan.

DADDY'S AMAZING CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 Grease two 8 or 9 inch cake pans. Beat eggs and sugar until light and add vegetable oil. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Beat into sugar and egg mixture. Stir in carrots. Divide into pans and bake for 45 minutes. Allow the cake to cool and spread with Cream Cheese Icing. To make icing: Mix softened cream cheese and butter together. Gradually add sifted confectioners sugar. Add vanilla and beat until smooth. Stir in pecans.

DADDY'S FAVORITE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, beat eggs, sugar and oil.
• With mixer running on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture.
• Blend in vanilla, carrot, raisins (if adding) and pecans.
• Pour batter into a well greased 8 x 12 inch pan.
• Bake in 325°F oven for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• When cake is cool, spread with cream cheese icing. When cake is frosted, sprinkle a small handful of pecans on top of cake.
• Note: Chopped peanuts or walnuts may be substituted for pecans.
• Note: I double this recipe and use a 13x9 pan.
• Note: Prep time does not include shredding the carrots.