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Gourmet Delights Carrot Cake

This is without a doubt one of the best carrot cakes I’ve ever had, if I do say so myself. When I had Gourmet Delights, and my food rep came in one day with a delicious, but criminally expensive, carrot cake, I had to come up with something that was close so I didn’t have to sell it for $5 per slice. (Hilarious that that seemed outrageous at the time.) This is what I came up with.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 12
Course: Dessert, Desserts
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrot
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup raisins
Frosting:
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 350. Combine sugar and oil in a bowl and beat until well combined. Add eggs, carrots, cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed.
  2. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Add dry mixture to liquids gradually, beating after each addition to ensure they are well combined. Stir in nuts and raisins.
  3. Pour mixture into 2 greased and floured (preferably also lined with parchment too) 8″ round cake pans.
  4. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 35-40 minutes.
  5. Frost with cream cheese frosting. In medium bowl, beat together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until just blended. Add powdered sugar, a bit at a time, until well blended. Taking care not to overbeat. Frost when cake is cooled.

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