Recipe: Perfect Granny's Carrot Cake

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Granny's Carrot Cake. This recipe has been a favorite in our family for three generations. Different from traditional carrot cakes, this cake is extremely moist and flavorful and is topped with a buttermilk glaze while still warm. Try it and I think you will agree that it is the best!!

Granny's Carrot Cake Combine dry ingredients then add remaining ingredients. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Using a hand mixer, blend until combined. You can cook Granny's Carrot Cake using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Granny's Carrot Cake

  1. Prepare of All purpose flour.
  2. Prepare of White sugar.
  3. Prepare of Baking soda.
  4. It's of Ground cinnamon.
  5. It's of Vegetable oil.
  6. Prepare of Grated carrots.
  7. You need of Eggs.
  8. It's of Salt.
  9. You need of Cream cheese (room temp).
  10. Prepare of Butter.
  11. You need of Vanilla extract.
  12. You need of Confectioners sugar.
  13. You need of Chopped pecans.

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Granny's Carrot Cake step by step

  1. Set oven to bake at 350°F.
  2. Mix dry ingredients for cake batter in large bowl.
  3. Add vegetable oil and blend by hand.
  4. Slowly beat in each egg.
  5. Add grated carrots and continue mixingon low speed until thoroughly mixed.
  6. Bake in 2 3"x9" cake pans for 30 minutes or until cooked (toothpick comes out clean).
  7. For frosting, mix butter and cream cheese, both at room temperature, together.
  8. Slowly add in confectioners sugar until all is well mixed in.
  9. Mix in vanilla extract and pecans.
  10. Once cakes are cooled, frost away!.

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