Description
A soft, spiced carrot cake layered with tangy-sweet cream cheese icing. It’s melt-in-your mouth good!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 tbsp butter, room temp
- 1/4 cup oil
- 3/4 c light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cups buttermilk
- 3 egg whites (room temp and whipped)
- 1.5 c flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1/2 cup rasins
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 4 tbsp stick butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and line two 6-inch round cake pans.
- Start by whipping egg whites in an electric mixer with whisk attachment on high speed until stiff peaks form. Remove from bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and spices. Set aside.
- In an electric mixer, with paddle attachment, add butter and oil. Cream butter and oil on medium speed until it comes together.Add in sugar and vanilla and mix on high until creamy.
- Pour in 1/2 cup of buttermilk with 1/3 of flour mixture and mix until just combined. Repeat this 2 more times until you’ve added all the buttermilk and all the flour mixture.
- Remove bowl from electric mixer and gently fold in whipped egg whites until combined.
- Fold in grated carrots, pecans and raisins.
- Pour into 2 lined greased and lined cake pan and bake in oven for about 35-45 minutes. Check to make sure cake is done by inserting fork/tooth pick. If it comes out clean, it is done.
- Cool completely on wire rack. Let cake cool completely and make cream cheese icing. If cake is not cooled completely, the icing will melt.
- Cream Cheese Frosting. Beat cream cheese, butter until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, vanilla and spices.
- Spread or pipe the icing on top of the cooled cake in an even layer. Place the second cake on top and spread the second half of the frosting on the top. Top with chopped pecans, slice and serve!!
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 40-50