Best Tropical Carrot Cake Ever

I have been craving to make this tropical carrot cake for long. Honestly, I was afraid of making this kind of cake. I didn’t imagine how I could feed a cake with carrot, until I had the enough courage to give it a try. I had some skepticism about the cream cheese frosting, as my first attempt was failure. But, fortunately, I was so glad that the cake, and most importantly the cream cheese, came out so delicious and tasty.

Tropical Carrot Cake

Ingredients:

For the cake

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

3 egg, room temprature.

1 1/2 cups all-purpos flour

2 1/2 cups shredded carrot (4 medium)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 heaped teaspoon baking powder

1cup cparsly chopped walnuts

For the frosting

8 ounces cream cheese

2 to 3 tablespoon butter, room temprature.

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups powdered sugar, sifted.

Directions:

Heat the oven to 350 F. Grease bottom and sides of two 8-inch round pans with butter and lighly flour. I a large, beat granulated sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla by hand or electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds or until blended. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; beat on low speed for 1 minute. stir in carrots and nuts. pour into pan(s).

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool round pans for 10 minutes; remove from pan and let cool competely, about 1 hour.

To make the frosting, in a medium bowl, beat crem cheese, butter, milk and vanilla by hand or using electric mixer on ow speed until smooth. Gradually, beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until smooth and spreadable. Fill and frost the round layers, store in refrigerator.