Classic Carrot Cake
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
Elisabeth, thank you for this marvellous cake! My children liked it so much)I took it in my recipes book