The best part about this Best Homemade Carrot Cake is that it’s almost impossible to not come out with a super moist cake! Apple sauce is the secret ingredient, and I’ll leave it up to you whether you want to share that or not.
This Best Homemade Carrot Cake is guaranteed to please your guests at any get-together.
Ingredients:
6 cups grated carrots
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts
How To Make Best Carrot Cake Ever:
In a medium bowl, combine grated carrots
and brown sugar. Set aside for 60 minutes,
then stir in raisins.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees
C). Grease and flour two 10 inch cake pans.
In a large bowl, beat eggs until light.
Gradually beat in the white sugar, oil and
vanilla. Stir in the pineapple. Combine the
flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, stir
into the wet mixture until absorbed. Finally
stir in the carrot mixture and the walnuts.
Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated
oven, until cake tests done with a toothpick.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from
pan. When completely cooled, frost with
cream cheese frosting.