by Katrina Hall
Member since:
January 19, 2006

Southern Carrot Cake

April 08, 2007 06:02 PM EDT (Updated: September 03, 2007 03:34 PM EDT)
views: 810 | comments: 39

I found this 15 years ago in some long forgotten regional Southern cookbook. Through the years, it's become the most requested by my kids - even over the chocolate/almond cake Julia made. It's moist and delicious - especially if you double the cream cheese frosting!

 

4 eggs

2 c sugar

3/4 c canola oil

2 1/2 c King Arthur flour

2 t baking powder

2 t baking soda

1 t cinnamon

1  1 lb package carrots, peeled and grated

 

Preheat oven to 350. Grease three cake pans.

Place all ingredients in mixer bowl and mix until blended thoroughly. Divide batter between cake pans. Bake about 45 minutes. Cakes will be done when firm on top and slightly pulling away from sides of cake pans.  Remove to cool on a rack. Let cool completely, then carefully ease out of pans onto another cooling rack.

 

Lemon cream cheese Frosting:

1 8 oz package cream cheese

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

juice of half a fresh lemon

1 box (sometimes more) of confectioner's sugar

Mix til creamy.
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Comments: 39

Ron Jenkins Apr 8, 2007, 6:05pm EDT
Man that sounds soooooo good. Ten for making me drool.
Katrina Hall Apr 8, 2007, 6:07pm EDT
Thanks, Ron! It IS sooooooo good. Merci for the 10!
Tracey E. Apr 8, 2007, 6:14pm EDT
Oh and a 10 from me too !!

I will take one now....send one to me for dessert tonight !!
YUM
Katrina Hall Apr 8, 2007, 6:30pm EDT
Thanks, Tracey! Two sad little smushed pieces left - I sent the rest home with the kids ( that was AFTER I realized I'd eaten too much of the frosting!)....
Apryl Just Apryl Apr 8, 2007, 8:23pm EDT
Lord have mercy, I haven't had carrot cake in years! This sounds good, I used to love it. hmmmm wonder if I still do? heres a ten for the recipe and for giving me food for thought.....
Katrina Hall Apr 8, 2007, 8:40pm EDT
You're kidding, April? I bet you do! Thanks for the 10, and hope your Easter was wonderful!
D Q. Apr 8, 2007, 11:12pm EDT
oooh, you just had to post this recipe during Passover, didn't you?
two more days till I can try this!!!!
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Apr 9, 2007, 12:04am EDT
I have been asked to try baking a carrot cake - I will use this recipe as it seems very simple, which is exactly how I like things to be.
Katrina Hall Apr 9, 2007, 7:14am EDT
Thanks, DQ -ONE more day!

You'll often find, Tonia, that if I can reduce complicated recipes to one dumping-everything-in-a-bowl, I will. Happy baking!
☃ Aunt Shanny Apr 10, 2007, 9:37am EDT
This one is a 10!
Lena D. Apr 10, 2007, 9:47am EDT
the recipe sounds very easy even for me to do thanks i give you a 10 also now i have to make it for my family and see their faces light up lol
Science Genius Girl Apr 10, 2007, 11:00am EDT
Just what I need to make me yearn for Passover to be over. :)

Seriously, it sounds heavenly. I may experiment with making it with Splenda.
Pamela L. Apr 10, 2007, 11:40am EDT
This does sound delicious and fairly easy. I hope so, since I manage to screw up almost every baking recipe I try. But I love carrot cake, so you got me thinking .....
And I would love to get that chocolate almost cake you hinted at. Pretty please.
John PP D. Apr 10, 2007, 11:51am EDT
Indeed it sounds good and really a different receipie, simple ingredients and all. Wonderful reading have to try it soon.
Monica Kennedy Apr 10, 2007, 1:36pm EDT
I have never had a lemon cream cheese frosting on a carrot cake. I'll have to try this. I am featuring this on the Just Desserts homepage. Thanks for sharing.
Katrina Hall Apr 10, 2007, 2:33pm EDT
Holy Moley - where'd all you guys come from? Thanks!

Shannon - many thanks!

Lena - it really isn't difficult at all - but it IS dangerously delicious!
Katrina Hall Apr 10, 2007, 2:36pm EDT
Science Genius - I've never used Splenda for anything, so I just don't know how it will turn out. I did taste a muffin once made with Splenda, and it was awful.

Pamela - you're shooting high, here, if you want Julia Child's Reine de Saba recipe!
Actually, the great thing about most recipes is you just follow the directions!
Katrina Hall Apr 10, 2007, 2:38pm EDT
John - always exciting to hear from a guy who bakes!

Many thanks, Monica! The lemon cream cheese frosting is the killer. You can't NOT eat this cake if it's around, oink, oink.
Monica Kennedy Apr 16, 2007, 6:34am EDT
I look forward to trying this sometime! I was just thinking as I saw this in the feature section just now - "Double the icing, now that's awoman after my own heart." :-)
Katrina Hall Apr 16, 2007, 7:22am EDT
Ah - hope you do get to make it, Monica. It's a lovely cake - addictive, but delicious. And isn't frosting the whole POINT of cakes?
Monica Kennedy Apr 17, 2007, 11:07am EDT
That is what I think, Katrina. I was wondering how well this would do made in mini loaves and frosted for gifts? Have you tried that? I have small round pans too, but have more mini loaves so I could bake them easier. The rounds could be better though as they would give a higher frosting to cake ratio, lol.
Katrina Hall Apr 17, 2007, 3:03pm EDT
Well, Monica, it depends on the height of the mini loaf pans. I found when I used wedding cake pans ( which have 3" sides) I had to bake the cake longer, and it just wasn't as good. I have a really good pumpkin bread recipe, for instance, that would hold up better with loaf pans. It's all in the crumb and the moisture - and the carrot cake is a softer cake than the pumpkin or - I just remembered - the lemon cake recipe I posted a few weeks ago. Now that would work too. But the carrot cake does better with the 3 cake pans, not over-filled.
♥kyra D. Apr 19, 2007, 1:44pm EDT
I'm printing this up as I type. I have a SIL that loves carrot cake and her bday is in Nov. Gives me time to practice. Gosh, what a sweet SIL I would be if I made her a cake. :o)
Katrina Hall Apr 19, 2007, 4:51pm EDT
Hey Kyra
What a nice gesture, to make a cake. I bet your kids would be happy to eat your "practice" cakes!
Ms. Meacham: Money Maven May 5, 2007, 6:58pm EDT
I've been looking for a decadent carrot cake recipe. This one goes in my recipe box for sure. There's a big bag of carrots in the fridge, so I'll report back once I've had a chance to try this out. Thank you!!!
Katrina Hall May 5, 2007, 8:02pm EDT
You're very welcome, Jennifer! I think you'll really like it - especially if you double the frosting recipe. MMMMmmmm.
Sandi Kaye O. Aug 31, 2007, 10:47am EDT
I love carrot cake!! I am adding this to my collections of recipes to try out. Thanks
☃ Aunt Shanny Aug 31, 2007, 10:48am EDT
I just came by to look at this yummy cake once again.

I need a bundt pan.
Katrina Hall Aug 31, 2007, 1:35pm EDT
Hi Sandra! This is a wonderful recipe and , oh boy, does it taste great! Thanks for looking!

Hey Shannon! So, you STILL don't have a bundt pan? Silly.
You can make this in any old pan, really, but make sure you check the cake every once in a while - some shapes bake faster than others......
Angela P. Sep 3, 2007, 8:05pm EDT
You're killing me with all these teasing images, stop it! Lovely cake, though. Thanks
for sharing.
Katrina Hall Sep 3, 2007, 8:07pm EDT
Angela - STOP. You're supposed to leisurely browse! Thanks for your devotion...
Risa G. Sep 4, 2007, 4:58pm EDT
Oh how I love Carrot Cake! There is a local restaurant where they make it from scratch and it is the tallest cake on the planet. I've stopped making it because I can buy better. Maybe I'll try this one.
Katrina Hall Sep 4, 2007, 5:54pm EDT
You've GOT to try this one, Risa! It's just fantastic - moist, but not too moist, tender crumb, and OH, the frosting is so good!
sonia v. Dec 11, 2007, 12:16am EST
This sounds like a yummy cake recipe. Thanks so much for sharing it.
Katrina Hall Dec 11, 2007, 7:29am EST
This is SUCH an easy and delicious cake, sonia v! Hope you get to try it!
J W. Feb 15, 2008, 11:56pm EST
sounds good
Katrina Hall Feb 16, 2008, 11:40am EST
Thanks, J! I'm sooooo tempted to make this today!
rainne chandler Apr 25, 2009, 4:34pm EDT
this is my favorite cake
Katrina Hall Apr 25, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
Good taste, rainne! Thanks for taking a look!

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