CARROT CAKE TO DIE FOR

Recipe submitted by artistonholiday on November 27th, 2009

The raw sugar and lots of spices gives this cake a beautiful dark tasty texture with the walnuts. A definite hit for a teatime treat.

Prep time:   15 minutes
Cook time:   45 minutes
Servings:   10

Ingredients:
4 cups grated raw carrots (don't pack)
2 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed (or 1-1/2 cups honey plus a scant 1/4 cup molasses)
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (you may replace up to half of the white flour with oat flour or whole wheat flour)
3 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. salt (optional - salt brings out the sweetness in sweet things)
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease (or spray with cooking spray) a 13x9-inch rectangular pan or 10-inch tube pan.

Mix together carrots, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Add all dry ingredients, mix in until blended (don't overbeat). Stir in nuts and/or raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool cake completely.

Dust with powdered sugar or frost with your favorite cream cheese frosting.

Average Rating:   (19 votes)

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    • posted on 1682638202
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Never fails! Always look it up when I need a good carrot cake. I'm very generous with the carrots as I add pumpkin seeds, dried currants and apricots, and I use a little less sugar, but that's just personal preference. Ka pai!

    • posted on 1603996827
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Perfect recipe, I have used this one for years now and search it up every occasion. Highly recommend

    • posted on 1532344459
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I was Looking for the delicious carrot cake recipe and came across this one. I followed this recipe and it turned out to be the best carrot cake I made. My family and friends just loved it. They even asked me the recipe. Just loved it

    • posted on 1532227116
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      This is a world class cake, worth travelling years for to taste. It is the yardstick by which all other cakes should be measured. In my youth I worked with the chefs employed by the Royal Household and this cake, I am confident, is fit for Her Majesty. Mind you, it is so good I am not at all sure I wish to share it with anyone!

    • posted on 1522756762
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      I made a vegan version which worked brilliantly. I subbed a cup of aquafaba (chickpea liquid) and a cup of oil, instead of the cup and a half of oil and 3 eggs. I packed in the carrots and had to increase the flour to 3 cups, but it still came out super moist and with good spiciness from fresh grated nutmeg, and fresh ground cinnamon and cloves. Iced with vanilla/lemon frosting.

    • posted on 1408754141
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      If you are in doubt about what carrot cake recipe to go for, you will not go wrong with this! I scoured the internet looking for the best possible recipe and was unsure about this one because its not on a fancy recipe site with a beautiful photo. But it was DIVINE, so moist and flavoursome. Have made it multiple times, never fails.

    • posted on 1395528822
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      This is the best carrot cake I have made so far - I've made ones before that come out drier and are not as flavoursome so was very impressed with the way this came out. I believe the higher quantity of carrots (a lot of recipes only use two cups) lends to the desirable moisture content. I'm big of the spiced flavours of a good carrot cake so used slightly more than the recipe states. The cake is also good with some sultanas thrown in. Each time I've made it the centre tends to stay very most - leaning towards wet. This could be my oven, or perhaps I am not cooking it long enough - but I'd rather slightly under cook a carrot cake than over cook it as I think this may dry it out. Absolutely delicious - highly recommend.

    • posted on 1375427480
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      this cake is awesome ! i put half a cup of chopped dried apricots in mine though and a we sprinkle of ginger but thats my personal preference, other than that this cakes perfect. its super moist and hard to mess up. its alot nicer than any other recipe i had =)

    • posted on 1364536482
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Great, tastes fantastic. Going to replace 1 cup of carrot with pineapple next time but great either way!

    • posted on 1362197062
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I use this recipe for my daughters fundraiser definitely a hit!!

    • posted on 1362109770
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      What an amazing carrot cake! So tasty, so moist and so easy to make.all the spices go so well together. Very highly recommened

    • posted on 1338952228
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Best carrot cake I've made

    • posted on 1329862800
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Best carrot cake I've ever made! Followed original recipe and it was just perfect- moist, good flavour and stood nice and high. Never need tolook for another carrot cake recipe again!

    • posted on 1323149978
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      all i can say is awesome. But beware its dangerous you just want to keep making it!!!! p.s dident change a thing its just perfect!!

    • posted on 1315628295
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I made this cake twice in two weeks. Absolutly amaizing. I didn't change anything from original recipe. Most of pepole asked for recipe. I searched long time for good carrot cake and finnaly I am happy.

    • posted on 1310529232
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      It's a winner

    • posted on 1306629808
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      Sooo good! Made a giant size for a 60th birthday and it went down well!

    • posted on 1305944700
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Great - made this for my birthday, it was moist and spicy. I also added to mine some chopped dried apricot and dates because I like a bit of apricot in my carrot cakes. Cream cheese frosting on the top makes for perfection!

    • posted on 1295593158
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      This is a wonderful recipe , lovely and moist. Lots of fantastic comments from those who shared with me .