Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake! This has got to be the World's best carrot cake. Fluffy, soft, and bursting with fantastic flavors! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter holidays! Biting into this wonderfully soft, fluffy cake is a pure delight!
The recipe is nice and easy, made from scratch and also freezer friendly.
To make our Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake, I've added some lovely pecan nuts and sultanas to give some more texture dimensions and also, those sultanas! Wow!
They're bursting with juiciness and certainly add a lovely flavor and texture to the cake. The addition of cinnamon lifts the cake to another level and when it's baking, imagine the aromas you will have in your kitchen!
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I made this cake yesterday and it was gone within 20 minutes. In fact, it was the fastest disappearing cake I've ever made!
I thought my Coconut pound cake or my vanilla pound cake recipes were the fastest but this Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake has made it's way to the top of my popular list within a matter of minutes!
The recipe itself is very easy and flexible, so if you wanted, you could make muffins (the recipe will make 12 muffins for you), and you can freeze and simply defrost as many as you wish. Perfect if you need to make ahead of time.
You could also add a cream cheese frosting, however, in my opinion, this cake doesn't need anything extra. It's moist, soft and full of flavor just as it is. I've also used sultanas. Obviously, if you find those hard to get where you live, feel free to swap for raisins or indeed cranberries. They will also work well too.
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I'm going to make this cake again next month and I shall be soaking my sultanas overnight in a couple of tablespoons of Spiced Rum to give it a lovely rum flavor too!
Please enjoy!
Prep Time
20 Minutes
Cook Time
70 Minutes
Serves
1 loaf or 12 muffins
Ingredients
⅔ Cup or 150 g Butter
½ lb or 250 g Carrots (about 3 medium carrots)
1 Cup or 200 g Sugar
1 ⅔ Cup or 200 g All Purpose / Plain Flour
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
½ tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking powder
2 Large eggs
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Cup or 125 g Sultanas
½ Cup or 50 g Pecan Nuts
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180c, 350F. Grease and line a 9 inch / 1 lb loaf pan. (if making muffins, you will need 12 muffin liners and preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C)
2. Melt the butter in the microwave.
3. Peel and grate the carrots. (use the fine grate holes)
4. Add the carrots, sugar, and butter in a bowl.
5. Sift in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and baking powder.
6. In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs then add to the mixture together with the milk.
7. Break up the pecans and add those together with the sultanas to the mixture.
8. Combine everything
then add to the baking pan.
9. Bake for approximately 50 - 55 minutes, check after 50 minutes with a skewer in the middle of the cake if it comes out clean.
Tips
- If your cake needs a little more time baking, cover the top with foil to avoid over-browning.
- For muffins, bake for about 20 minutes.
10. Allow to cool before slicing. We hope you will also agree that our Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake is the World's best carrot cake!
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If you love carrot cake, then why not try our popular Carrot Cake Cheesecake. It's a winner!
Recipe Card
Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake
Spiced Pecan Carrot Cake! A delicious spiced cake made from scratch. Fluffy, soft and bursting with the flavors of Fall! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas holidays!
Ingredients
- ⅔ Cup or 150 g Butter
- ½ lb or 250 g Carrots, about 3 medium carrots
- 1 Cup or 200 g Sugar
- 1 ⅔ Cup or 200 g All Purpose / Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 2 Large eggs
- 2 Tbsp Milk
- 1 Cup or 125 g Sultanas
- ½ Cup or 50 g Pecan Nuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c, 350F. Grease and line a 9 inch / 1 lb loaf pan. (if making muffins, you will need 12 muffin liners and preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C)
- Melt the butter in the microwave.
- Peel and grate the carrots. (use the fine grate holes)
- Add the carrots, sugar and butter in a bowl.
- Sift in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs then add to the mixture together with the milk.
- Break up the pecans and add those together with the sultanas to the mixture.
- Combine everything then add to the baking pan.
- Bake for approximately 50- 55 minutes, check after 50 minutes with a skewer in the middle of the cake if it comes out clean.
- Tip: if your cake needs a little more time baking, cover the top with foil to avoid over browning.
- For muffins, bake for about 20 minutes.
- 10. Allow to cool before slicing.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 453Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 372mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 4gSugar: 36gProtein: 6g
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says:Your carrot cake is simply amazing, fluffy and moisture. TXS! I´ll do it again and again. Instead of white sugar I used brown.