Cook what you grow
Classic Carrot Cake
The one dessert every carrot patch earns: a spiced oil-based sheet cake full of finely grated carrot under a tangy cream cheese frosting.
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Ingredients
serves 12From the garden
- 3 cups carrots, peeled and finely grated (about 1 pound) · 5 or 6 medium roots, or any number of small ones
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped (optional)
From the pantry
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 cup granulated sugar · for the cake
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed · for the cake
- 1 cup neutral oil
- 4 eggs
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened · for the frosting
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 tbsp butter, softened · for the frosting
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar · for the frosting; sift it if lumpy
- 1 tsp salt