{"id":3553,"date":"2026-04-13T18:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:13:41","slug":"carrot-cake-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/carrot-cake-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Carrot Cake Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Carrot Cake Recipe<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<h4>For the Cake:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00be tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp baking soda<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bc tsp ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp nutmeg (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2 cups finely grated carrots<\/li>\n<li>1 cup crushed pineapple (drained, optional but moist!)<\/li>\n<li>\u00be cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0For Cream Cheese Frosting:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>8 oz (225g) cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>3\u20134 cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<h4>1. Prepare the oven<\/h4>\n<p>Preheat oven to <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong>.<br \/>\nGrease and flour a 9&#215;13-inch pan (or two round pans).<\/p>\n<h4>2. Mix dry ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>In a bowl, whisk together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>flour<\/li>\n<li>baking powder<\/li>\n<li>baking soda<\/li>\n<li>salt<\/li>\n<li>cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>nutmeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>3. Mix wet ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>In another bowl:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beat eggs, sugar, and brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>Add oil and vanilla<\/li>\n<li>Mix until smooth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>4. Combine<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture<\/li>\n<li>Fold in carrots, pineapple, and nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>5. Bake<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pour batter into pan<\/li>\n<li>Bake <strong>30\u201340 minutes<\/strong> (until toothpick comes out clean)<\/li>\n<li>Let cool completely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>6. Make frosting<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Beat cream cheese + butter until creamy<\/li>\n<li>Add powdered sugar gradually<\/li>\n<li>Mix in vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>7. Frost &amp; serve<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Spread frosting on cooled cake<\/li>\n<li>Decorate with nuts if you like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The pineapple makes it extra moist<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t overmix the batter<\/li>\n<li>Chill the cake a bit before serving for best flavor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Carrot Cake Recipe \u00a0Ingredients For the Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 \u00be tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}