The Best Ever Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Have you ever seen what number of dessert recipes I’ve been posting recently? I guess you possibly can’t stand it! I guess you’re all pondering, “what happened to the healthy Jessie we knew?”. 😉

Nicely, to start with, the Holidays are right here and I’m contaminated with the spirit of baking goodies. And extra actually, my cooking hasn’t been as profitable recently. I’m going by phases the place my baked items fall flat and my dinners are divine. After which generally I can bake a imply cake, however dinner doesn’t wow. I’m caught within the latter. It’s not that I can’t prepare dinner anymore, I’m simply not persistently blissful with the outcomes. I’ve nonetheless acquired just a few wholesome and substantial meals to share with you, however I’m actually on a roll with the treats! Simply in time to indulge for the Holidays!

Yields : 8 Slices
Prep Time : quarter-hour
Cook dinner Time : 1 hour 10 Minutes
Cake
1 1/3 cup all objective flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 carrots – grated
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup crushed pecans
Frosting
4 oz cream cheese – softened
1/4 cup unsalted butter (4 tbsp) softened
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp heavy cream or milk
1 tsp vanilla

Directions

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