Old Fashioned Carrot Cake
Make this delicious Old Fashioned Carrot Cake that can easily be made gluten-free too!
Make this delicious Old Fashioned Carrot Cake that can easily be made gluten-free too!
Ingredients
Cake
Icing
Steps
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350* and grease two 9 inch round cake pans.
- 2
Mix the cake ingredients in order, stopping after the carrots; a stand mixer works best for mixing this.
- 3
Fold in the black walnuts.
- 4
Pour ½ the batter in one cake pan and the rest in the other.
- 5
Bake in the oven on 350* for 35 minutes or until poked in the center with a toothpick, the toothpick comes out clean.
- 6
Set the cakes aside for 1-2 hours to let them cool completely.
- 7
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the icing; begin by creaming together the butter and cream cheese.
- 8
Add in the vanilla and powdered sugar, whisking on high with a stand mixer until the icing is formed.
- 9
Fold in the black walnuts.
- 10
Release one of the cakes from the cake pan, and then ice the top of it with a portion of the icing.
- 11
Place the second cake on top and then continue icing the entire cake.
- 12
This can be chilled in the fridge and served cold or served at room temperature.
