Carrot Cake w Cream Cheese Frosting
From nycricket 17 years ago- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 22
This is one of my favs from the Barefoot Contessa. It's stupid easy and absolutely heavenly. You can also bake the batter in two 8" cake rounds for the same amount of time. There will be extra frosting but who can't make that disappear with a spoon or a few graham crackers? Read more ! See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 3 extra-large eggs shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt shopping list
- 3 cups grated carrots (less than 1 pound) shopping list
- 1 cup raisins (I omit these!) shopping list
- 1 cup chopped walnuts shopping list
- For the frosting: shopping list
- 3/4 pound cream cheese, at room temperature shopping list
- 1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 pound confectioners' sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the sugar, oil, and vanilla together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the eggs, 1 at a time. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Add the grated carrots, raisins, and walnuts to the remaining flour, mix well, and add to the batter. Mix until just combined.
- Line muffin pans with paper liners. Scoop the batter into 22 muffin cups until each is 3/4 full. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes then reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and cook for a further 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a rack.
- For the frosting, cream the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the sugar and beat until smooth.
- When the cupcakes are cool, frost them generously and serve.
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