Name: Best & Easiest Carrot Cake
Yield: Makes two 23 cm round layers, 5cm high
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 ml vegetable oil, such as safflower; 225 g dark brown sugar; 225 g granulated sugar; 325 g plain flour; 85 g walnut or pecan pieces, coarsely chopped; 4 medium eggs, at room temperature; ¾ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 450 g carrots, rinsed, trimmed, peeled and grated in the food processor or on the largest holes of a box grater; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Makes
two
23 cm round layers, 5cm high

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bake!

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2010

About

No cake is more casual or old-fashioned than a carrot cake, especially a carrot cake with a cream cheese filling or topping. This is loosely adapted from a recipe by Maida Heatter in her landmark Book of Great American Desserts.