Amazing Carrot Cake Recipe

Summary by Krater

A baker demonstrates how to make a moist, spiced carrot cake covered in cream cheese frosting, decorated with toasted pecans and piped buttercream carrots.

From the video

Answers: How do you make carrot cake?

• Carrot cake recipe
• Cream cheese frosting
• Buttercream carrot decoration
• Cake baking techniques
• Toasted pecans

Ingredients

• 1 lb (450g) carrots
• 2 1/2 cups (300g) all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp (500mg) ginger
• 1/2 tsp cardamom
• 1/2 tsp (1g) all-spice
• 3/4 cup (180mL) sour cream
• 3/4 cup (180 mL) vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 2 tsp (10mL) vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (125g) pecans
• 3 sticks butter
• 16 oz (452g) cream cheese
• 1 3/4 lb (800g) confectioners sugar
• orange food coloring
• green food coloring
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

What it concludes

• Parchment paper rounds always release nicely and are a good insurance policy for cake pans.
• Using applesauce and sour cream helps you use less oil while keeping the cake delicious and moist without being oily.
• Tossing chopped pecans with dry flour mixture helps the nuts stay distributed and not sink to the bottom.
• Using cake strips helps you bake up nice, flat layers rather than a domed cake.
• Cream cheese frosting should be on the cooler side of room temperature because it has a tendency to fall apart when warm.
• The more sugar you add to buttercream, the stiffer it will be.