Carrot Cake for Easter

Carrot Cake that is moist and the perfect amount of carrots and spices with a thick cream cheese frosting. We make this for Easter every year.

CARROT CAKE FOR EASTER

Sometimes it surprises me that I have a food blog. But not because of the reasons you think. The thing is, I am a people pleaser to a fault. I’ve always said I couldn’t be a hairdresser because I’m too worried that people wouldn’t like their hair. BUT recipes are the same way. Everyone has different taste buds and some things people either love or hate.

Sometimes I make a recipe that I’ve made a zillion times and it doesn’t turn out. There are so many variables: the butter is too cold, your oven temperature is off, your baking soda is old, you added too much of something. You learn as you go. So I always worry that if it doesn’t turn out for someone else, I feel responsible and I hate that.

But I finally came to the resolution that when it comes down to it, I’m posting recipes that me and my family love. Some people will love them but not everyone will. That’s life.

DIFFERENT CARROT CAKE RECIPES

Full transparency I have three carrot cake recipes on my site. Here’s the breakdown.

This Carrot Cake recipe in this post: Is my go-to. It’s no fuss, always turns out, and is super moist with pineapple in the batter.

Moist Carrot Cake – this is made in a 9×13 and the most pineapple out of all the recipes giving it the most moisture. This is the most popular carrot cake recipe on my site.

Carrot Cake recipe: This recipe is full of spices and has a bigger crumb.

And how bad is it that I took this to a party with a piece of cake already cut out. I had to taste it first!

OTHER EASTER RECIPES:

• Carrot Cake Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting
• Easter Bunny Cake
• Carrot Cake Cookies
• Watergate Salad
• Carrot Cake
• Loaded Mashed Potatoes
• Funeral Potatoes

Carrot Cake for Easter

3.70 from 13 votes

Carrot cake is definitely one of those recipes that will NOT please everyone. Everyone likes it different - nuts or no nuts, pineapple or no pineapple, raisins or no raisins. And that is why everyone should make it the WAY they like it.

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Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup neutral flavored oil, (like canola or vegetable oil)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten well
• 2 cups carrots, peeled and grated fine
• 1 (8 ounce can) crushed pineapple, undrained
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups flour, (replace one cup with whole wheat flour for a denser, nuttier taste)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans, (optional)

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 lb (4 cups) powdered sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix oil, sugar, eggs, carrots, pineapple and vanilla until combined.
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and add slowly to the wet ingredients.
• To make a 9x13 cake, pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish for 45 minutes. To make a 2 layer cake use 2 9-inch round pans and bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If using 2 round pans make sure to really grease or use parchment cut in circles so that your cake comes out clean. Invert cakes into a cooling rack.
• When cake has cooled frost with cream cheese frosting. If layering and piping frosting you may need 1.5x the frosting.
• For the Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and then powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping the bowl often. Frost the carrot cake.

Notes

Note - If you are using 2 round cake pans you may want to do 1.5x of this frosting recipe. I like a LOT of frosting in the middle and on top.
Source: Camden LeeMaster

Cuisine: American

Course: Dessert

Author: Christy Denney