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There is no question about it, this is the most Amazing Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Topping
Amazing Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Topping

Carrot cake is a cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting. Sometimes pecans, pineapple, and shredded coconut is added to the mix.
This amazing Carrot Cake recipe is topped with the ultra fluffy cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 4 eggs
- 1½ cup oil
- 1½ cup sugar
- 2 carrots, grated
- 1 cup chopped pecan nuts
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- 1½ cup milk
Cream Cheese Icing
- 1 tub cream cheese
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 100g softened butter
Instructions
Beat the sugar, oil, and eggs together until fluffy.
Add milk, salt, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda, and baking powder and mix through.
Then continue to add the flour, and mix well then lastly add the nuts, coconut, and carrots and mix well to ensure everything beautifully incorporated.
Place in a well-greased baking tin
Bake at 160C / 320F for 35 minutes
Icing
Cream butter and cheese until ultra fluffy
Add vanilla and icing sugar and mix well
Once the cake is cooled, you can ice it.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Jennifer Govender Bisnath
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Nutrition Information
Yield
2Serving Size
10Amount Per Serving Calories 4621Total Fat 281gSaturated Fat 55gTrans Fat 3gUnsaturated Fat 211gCholesterol 509mgSodium 2390mgCarbohydrates 505gFiber 14gSugar 379gProtein 42g
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Carrot cake is my favorite. I always ask for it for my birthday. It’s almost like healthy cake! One admission, though – when I make this cake, I will probably double the icing amount. I love cream cheese icing!
Oh the double cream cheese sounds awesome. Hope you will truly enjoy this one even if it’s not your birthday
Amazing appears to be the perfect adjective!
Michele, Yes, you have to try it super delicious
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I am not a big fan of carrot cakes, but this recipe sounds delicious. The cream cheese topping makes it even better. Thanks for sharing Esme!
Hi Marianna, I have found carrot cakes can be very disappointing sometimes, but this one with the cream cheese topping may be worth a try. I have NOT made this particular recipe myself. As you know, I receive the recipes from fellow members on TRH, but this particular member who shared this recipe, has wonderful stuff and I am confident that this will be awesome.