Best-Loved Carrot Cake
Our carrot cake recipe is delicious on its own, but it becomes completely irresistible once topped with homemade cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of chopped pecans. Once you've mastered the classic recipe for carrot cake, try the ginger-infused version.
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Ingredients
Directions
Carrot-Ginger Cake
Prepare as above, except omit the cinnamon; add 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger or 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger with the eggs, carrot, and oil.
Tips
*Note The carrots need to be finely shredded or they may sink to the bottom of pan during baking.
To Store Your Homemade Carrot Cake
After frosting, you can store the carrot cake in the refrigerator up to 3 days.