My favorite carrot cake
My favorite carrot cake with first-person notes, clear timing cues, practical ingredient guidance, and storage advice from my kitchen. I kept the source quantities intact and rewrote the method so it feels usable at the counter.
- Time: 55 min
- Servings: 10
Source: Recipe Tweets
Ingredients
- chopped pecans
- granulated sugar
- vegetable oil
- large eggs
- unsweetened applesauce
- teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- teaspoons baking powder
- teaspoon baking soda
- teaspoon salt
- teaspoons ground cinnamon
- teaspoon ground ginger
- teaspoon ground nutmeg
- teaspoon ground cloves
- grated carrots
- ounces cream cheese, softened
- unsalted butter, softened
- confectioners sugar