Juicy carrot cake – you have to try this recipe!

A slice of moist carrot cake with creamy cream cheese frosting and a hot cup of coffee sweeten my day. This classic is always an absolute hit, especially at Easter! What do I love so much about this recipe from the springform pan? It’s very quick and easy to make. So you can bake the carrot cake quickly and spontaneously if you have a few guests coming over for the afternoon. Be sure to give it a try!

The carrot cake ingredients – to make it really moist and fluffy

Even though the carrot cake (also known as carrot cake) probably originated in Switzerland, it is now loved and often baked all over the world – even in the Levant! This is probably also due to the short list of ingredients.

So you don’t need many ingredients for this moist carrot cake with cream cheese. What’s more, you can get all the carrot cake ingredients at any supermarket – even around the corner. All you need is:

• Carrots: The most important ingredient for this juicy carrot cake is, of course, fresh carrots. They make the carrot cake super moist and simply delicious!
• Ground almonds, flour & baking powder: The mixture of almonds and flour in combination with the carrots makes the batter super fluffy and moist! The baking powder makes the cake rise nicely.
• Eggs and oil: This moist carrot cake is baked without butter, but with a good dash of neutral oil. You can use either rapeseed or sunflower oil.
• Sugar, cinnamon & a pinch of salt: Sugar and cinnamon are a great combination and add sweetness and flavor to the moist carrot cake. A little salt further enhances the taste of the individual ingredients.

To make the carrot cake super moist, a delicious frosting with cream cheese is added to the top, which is also mixed very quickly. You will need:

• Cream cheese
• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Can’t do without decoration? Then you can let your imagination run wild. The most classic decorations for the moist carrot cake are, for example, small carrots made from marzipan, pistachios or perhaps even a few chopped nuts. I decided to give my cake a clear line and did without any extra decorations.

Bake a super moist carrot cake – it’s so quick with the best recipe

I’m a big fan of classic cakes such as marble cake, plum cake with crumble or this super moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. This is not only because they taste good to me, but also because they are quick to prepare.

1. Peel and grate the carrots: You can decide for yourself whether you want to grate the carrots finely or coarsely. I opted for fine grating because it makes the cake fluffier. Coarse grating gives you more texture in the moist carrot cake.
2. Beat the sugar with the eggs and oil until foamy: To make the cake nice and fluffy, I beat the eggs with the oil and sugar until foamy.
3. Add the dry ingredients and mix: You don’t need a hand mixer for this, simply mix the dough with a wooden spoon.
4. Fold in the grated carrots: The batter can then be transferred to the springform pan and you can bake the moist carrot cake in a hot oven for approx. 40 minutes.

Super moist thanks to creamy cream cheese frosting

Once the carrot cake is baked, it needs to cool. Only then can the creamy frosting with cream cheese be spread on top. To do this, simply mix the cream cheese with the powdered sugar and a pinch of salt. I also decided to add a little vanilla extract to give the frosting a delicious flavor. This also gave my frosting nice little vanilla dots. Great, isn’t it?

Instead of a cream cheese frosting, you can also use a simple icing made from powdered sugar and lemon juice. However, I opted for the American version with the cream cheese frosting for my carrot cake recipe. A real carrot cake recipe!

Now you can finally garnish the super moist carrot cake with the cream cheese frosting. The advantage of icing or frosting is that you seal the cake with it and it becomes really moist and stays that way for at least 3 days. You can therefore easily bake the carrot cake 1 to 2 days in advance.

Do you like cakes with frosting? Absolutely understandable, which is why you should definitely try my spice cake with cream cheese frosting.

I hope you have lots of fun baking now. Do you have any questions or would you like to give feedback? Then feel free to leave me a comment.

Juicy carrot cake recipe

How long does the delicious carrot cake keep in the fridge?

Is there any of the carrot cake left over? Then put it in the fridge, preferably under a cake cover or some cling film, where it will keep for about 3 days.

You can also freeze the carrot cake. However, I would recommend doing this without the frosting and freezing the cake in individual pieces. That way, you can always defrost a piece later.

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