This carrot cake is soft, moist, loaded with carrots and pecans, and has tons of flavor. You’ll love the layers of fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting.
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CARROT CAKE INGREDIENTS:
►2 cups all-purpose flour, *measured correctly
►1 cup granulated sugar
►1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
►2 tsp baking soda
►1 tsp baking powder
►1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
►1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
►1/2 tsp ground allspice
►1/4 tsp ground cloves, optional
►1/2 tsp fine sea salt

►1 cup vegetable oil, or extra light olive oil or canola
►4 large eggs, room temperature
►3/4 cup applesauce (or drained crushed pineapple)
►3 cups finely grated carrots (14 oz or 6 medium carrots)
►1 cup pecans, chopped, plus more to garnish, optional
►3/4 cup golden raisins, or regular raisins, optional

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING INGREDIENTS:
►1 1/2 cups (3/4 lb) unsalted butter
►8 oz cream cheese
►4 cups (1 lb) powdered sugar
►1 Tbsp real vanilla extract
►1/8 tsp or a generous pinch of salt

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0:00 Intro
0:19 baking pan prep
0:47 dry ingredients
1:15 wet ingredients
1:57 how to grate carrots
2:20 mixing together & dividing
3:04 how to bake carrot cake
4:05 cream cheese frosting
5:47 assembly and frosting
8:28 chilling the cake
9:15 taste test

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