Recipe- Deliciously Moist Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

This deliciously moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is the direct result of a serious cake craving I had a few days ago. I don't usually have much of a sweet tooth but these past few weeks all I want is sweets. Guys, it's becoming a bit of a problem. This cake disappeared yesterday and already I'm craving it. Should I make it again or would that be an extreme case of gluttony? Two cakes in one week seems a bit extreme but it was just so good! There's a fairly decent amount of the cream cheese icing (and this from a girl who LOVES tons of icing). If you only like a small bit of icing on your cake, you may want to reduce the amount you make a little

Ingredients

Carrot Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 cups finely grated carrots
1 ½ cups toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 cup shredded toasted coconut
1 cup raisins
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 cup cooking oil
4 large eggs

Cream Cheese Icing

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup butter, at room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Method

Carrot Cake

- Preheat the oven to 325 Degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and sea salt.

- In another medium-sized bowl stir together the carrots, walnuts, coconut, and raisins.

- In a large bowl cream together the sugar and oil using an electric beater. Add eggs and beat until smooth, 1 minute. Add flour mixture and beat till just combined. Gently fold in the carrot mixture.

- Divide batter between the 2 prepared cake pans. Place both pans on the middle rack in your oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out clean.

- Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 5 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edges of each cake to loosen them then carefully invert them onto a cooling rack to finish cooling completely.

Cream Cheese Icing

- Cream together the cream cheese and butter in a medium-sized bowl using an electric beater.

- Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, and continue to mix until fully incorporated. Add the vanilla and beat to blend.

Assemple

- Spread some icing on top of one cake then place the other cake on top. Frost the side and top of the cake.