This classic Carrot Cake recipe results in a perfectly moist cake topped off with a delicious cream cheese frosting that will have you asking for seconds!
Classic Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
5 Eggs
3/4 Cup Olive Oil
3/4 Cup Honey
2 3/4 Cups Unbleached Flour
1 Tablespoons Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
3/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
2 1/2 Cup Grated Carrots
Icing Ingredients:
12 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 sticks of butter (softened)
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar
*Chopped Pecans and Coconut to Garnish
Directions:
Heat honey in microwave for 30 seconds.
Cream together eggs, oil, and honey.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
Mix liquid and flour mixture together.
Add pecans & mix well.
Add Carrots & mix well.
Divide batter in two 8” cake pans.
Bake on 325 Degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Remove cakes from oven and let cool completely.
Combine cream cheese and butter. Mix well.
Stir in honey and vanilla.
Add in powdered sugar to thicken.
On a plate or cake stand, place one of the 8” cakes and add a layer of icing.
Add the second cake layer on top and spread icing evenly.
Garnish with pecans and coconut.
Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Classic Carrot Cake
Ingredients
- 5 Eggs
- 3/4 Cup Olive Oil
- 3/4 Cup Honey
- 2 3/4 Cups Unbleached Flour
- 1 Tablespoons Baking Soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
- 3/4 Cup Chopped Pecans
- 2 1/2 Cup Grated Carrots
Icing Ingredients:
- 12 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Heat honey in microwave for 30 seconds.
- Cream together eggs, oil, and honey.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Mix liquid and flour mixture together.
- Add pecans & mix well.
- Add Carrots & mix well.
- Divide batter in two 8” cake pans.
- Bake on 325 Degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove cakes from oven and let cool completely.
- On a plate or cake stand, place one of the 8” cakes and add a layer of icing.
- Add the second cake layer on top and spread icing evenly.
- Garnish with pecans and coconut.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Icing Directions:
- Combine cream cheese and butter. Mix well.
- Stir in honey and vanilla.
- Add in powdered sugar to thicken.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
Allyson
Monday 29th of April 2019
Elisabeth, thank you for this marvellous cake! My children liked it so much)I took it in my recipes book