Easy Carrot Cake, has got to be one of the easiest recipes ever! It's also got a delicious cream cheese frosting recipe.
This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our great cooks, Adelenne. She's always coming up with great recipes which she either invents herself or adapts from various cookbooks to make her own. Adelenne has always got a tasty recipe or two to share with us.
Here, we have Adelenne's recipe for her Carrot Cake has wonderful ingredients! The cake itself is easy enough to make, and is very moist. The addition of the cream cheese frosting compliments the carrot cake and together with a nice cup of tea, you have a perfect tea time treat!
Recipe by Adelenne Lee
Prep Time
10 minutes
This site contains affiliate links. I may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. For more information, check Privacy Policy.
Cook Time
1 ½ hrs Approx.
Yield
12
You will need
8 inch round tin
Ingredients
2 cups / 250 g all-purpose flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp nutmeg
3 cups / 500 g grated carrots (about 3 carrots)
¼ cup / 25 g desiccated / flaked coconut
¾ cup / 110 g walnuts
¼ cup / 35 g raisins
3 tbsp honey
1 cup / 235 ml sunflower or corn oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cup / 200 g brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
Cream cheese frosting
250g / 8 oz packet cream cheese (room temperature)
50g / ¼ cup butter
⅓ cup / 40 g icing sugar / powdered sugar (sifted)
Pinch of cinnamon powder
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 180C,350F. Line a 22 cm (8 inch) round tin with parchment paper.
2. Sift flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. Whisk oil and sugar in a large bowl. Add eggs one at a time, then honey, lemon juice and vanilla.
4. Add carrots, coconut, raisins and walnut. Stir in flour mixture.
5. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 1 and a ½ hours or until skewer comes out clean.
The frosting
Whisk everything until light and fluffy. Spread on top of cake, once the cake has cooled.
Sprinkle crushed pistachio on frosting.
Recipe Card
Carrot Cake
Easy Carrot Cake, has got to be one of the easiest recipes ever! It's also got a delicious cream cheese frosting recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups / 250 g all purpose flour
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups / 500 g grated carrots, about 3 carrots
- ¼ cup / 25 g desiccated / flaked coconut
- ¾ cup / 110 g walnuts
- ¼ cup / 35 g raisins
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 cup / 235 ml sunflower or corn oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 cup / 200 g brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Cream cheese frosting
- 250 g / 8 oz packet cream cheese, room temperature
- 50 g / ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup / 40 g icing sugar / powdered sugar, sifted
- Pinch of cinnamon powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C,350F. Line a 22 cm (8 inch) round tin with parchment paper.
- Sift flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Whisk oil and sugar in a large bowl. Add eggs one at a time, then honey, lemon juice and vanilla.
- Add carrots, coconut, raisins and walnut. Stir in flour mixture.
- Pour into prepared tin and bake for 1 and a ½ hours or until skewer comes out clean.
The frosting
- Whisk everything until light and fluffy. Spread on top of cake, once the cake has cooled.
- Sprinkle crushed pistachio on frosting.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 595Total Fat: 37gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 436mgCarbohydrates: 61gFiber: 3gSugar: 40gProtein: 8g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
Easy Cake Recipes
Here's a selection of our Easy Cake recipes, made from scratch and simple to make.
Walnut Cake is a deliciously easy recipe. the cake is so soft and fluffy! The recipe also for a lovely vanilla frosting.
You can make this as a round cake or a loaf, instructions for both.
Freezer-friendly too!
Strawberry and Lemon Loaf Cake.
A deliciously soft and fluffy strawberry loaf cake bursting with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Flavourful, with a tender, soft texture. An easy, popular cake recipe.
Easy Lemon and Poppyseed French Yogurt Cake. Lemon and poppyseed French yogurt loaf cake is soft and moist, an incredibly easy to make recipe, with poppyseeds throughout. A great tea time cake.
Strawberries and Cream Victoria Sponge Cake, a traditional British cake recipe, layers of soft sponge with strawberry jam, fresh whipped cream and strawberries.
Easy Homemade Pineapple Cake.
Soft and fluffy cake loaded with juicy sweet pineapple gives a flavourful dessert. Easy simple recipe for a delicious homemade pineapple cake, made from scratch.
Coffee Walnut Sandwich Cake.
The best coffee and walnut cake, a classic British afternoon tea cake, layers of soft and fluffy coffee cake with chopped walnuts throughout, adds a great flavor and texture, frosted with coffee cream cheese frosting. A pure delight to eat!
Peach Pound Cake with Raspberry Swirl. A delicious recipe bursting with sweet peaches and a tangy raspberry swirl running through. Soft, moist and perfect with a morning coffee or to take to friends! If you are a fan of pound cakes and peaches, then this one is for you.
Salted Caramel Celebration Cake is perfect for a party. Homemade layers of soft caramel cake and layers of salted caramel frosting then topped with chocolate covered pretzels and salted caramel popcorn.
Deliciously refreshing lemon upside down cake recipe, fluffy lemon sponge with a layer of sharp lemon curd to give a great combination. A great family sized cake recipe, perfect for afternoon tea or a party.
Easy Apple Angel Dump Cake, so delicious with a blob or two of ice cream! Easy recipe and quick to make. Oven or slow cooker, you choose!
Authentic German Black Forest Swiss Roll, a light sponge cake famous in Germany. Layers of chocolate cake,cherries,kirsch & fresh whipped cream in a cake roll.
Mandarin or Pineapple Cream Cake, a delicious homemade cake, using mandarins or pineapples and a fresh whipped cream filling. Perfect for afternoon tea! A made from scratch version of the famous Orange Pig Lickin cake!
Honey Bun Cupcakes are lovely and soft with great flavors of cinnamon and brown sugar and topped with a homemade honey buttercream frosting
Raspberry and Vanilla Marble Cake. A soft and moist marble cake bursting with delicious raspberry and vanilla flavors and a whipped cream vanilla frosting.
Honey Bun Cake! This is a delicious, moist cinnamon and brown sugar cake, and always popular with the family!
Lemon Spoon Cake. A wonderfully soft and moist lemon cake made in the slow cooker. It's a very easy recipe and great tasting!
Toasted Coconut Cupcakes. Deliciously light and fluffy coconut cupcakes, with a coconut cream cheese frosting. Simple easy recipe for how to make perfect, moist cupcakes, ideal for parties and celebrations
Easy Marble Cake, made of vanilla and chocolate cake batter, swirled together for a marbled effect and baked to give you a lovely soft texture, rich in flavor. Plus a recipe for chocolate mousse frosting. Delicious!
Easy Breezy Pumpkin Dump Cake, an easy soft, moist cake recipe, regular and lite versions available. Simply mix, dump and bake to get a delicious Fall cake!
Dutch Buttercake (Boterkoek) . This is a moist, soft butter cake, famous in the Netherlands. Often served with a cup of coffee. Easy to make and very popular!
Coffee Mocha Cake. This is a wicked cake!!! Easy to follow recipe and here's a slice for you all to try!
Mini Caramel Cinnamon Spiced Cakes. Soft, fluffy cakes with a hint of holiday spice and drizzled with caramel! Make in a mini loaf pan or cupcake pan
Hawaiian Poke Cake, a delicious soft sheet pan style cake loaded with pineapples, coconut and vanilla with a topping of cherries and walnuts on a cream frosting.
Cherry Almond Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a lovely soft cake and great tasting. Perfect for parties too!
Mandarin Cake. This is a delicious soft and moist cake with juicy mandarins running throughout .