Carrot Cake Recipe (Moist & Easy)
A soft, flavorful cake made with fresh carrots and warm spices. Perfect for tea time or dessert. 🍰
🧾 Ingredients
For the cake
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2 cups grated Carrot
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1½ cups all-purpose Wheat Flour
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1 cup Sugar
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½ cup Vegetable Oil
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3 Egg
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1 tsp Baking Powder
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½ tsp Baking Soda
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1 tsp Cinnamon
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½ tsp salt
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1 tsp Vanilla Extract
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Optional: ½ cup chopped Walnut or Raisin
🧁 Instructions
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Preheat the oven
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Set oven to 180°C (350°F).
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Grease a cake pan.
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Mix wet ingredients
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In a bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract until smooth.
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Add dry ingredients
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Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
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Mix gently until combined.
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Add carrots
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Stir in the grated carrots and optional walnuts or raisins.
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Bake
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Pour batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake for 30–40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Cool and serve
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Let the cake cool before slicing.
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🍰 Optional Cream Cheese Frosting
Mix:
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200 g Cream Cheese
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½ cup Butter
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1 cup Powdered Sugar
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½ tsp Vanilla Extract
Beat until smooth and spread on the cooled cake.
✨ Tip: Adding crushed Pineapple makes the carrot cake extra moist.
If you’d like, I can also share:
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🥕 Bakery-style carrot cake (very soft)
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🥕 Carrot cake without oven
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🥕 Healthy carrot cake with less sugar.