Classic Carrot Cake
Last month I shared a new website that’s a baker’s dream come true: Robin Hood Baking Centre. There you can find a huge variety of scrumptious recipes both savoury and sweet! I found a recipe for Classic Carrot Cake that is perfect for fall. It’s moist, rich and really doesn’t get any better than this. I think spiced cakes are very fitting for fall.
It’s also very simple to make. It’s basically just making the two cakes and combining them into one at the end along with a layer of sweet, smooth and creamy icing. It tastes even better the next day!
I made it with Robin Hood® Nutri Flour Blend Tastes Like White that adds two grams of fibre per serving. After making this cake, I doubt I’ll ever go back to store bought cakes again. Baking from scratch is just so much better!
Classic Carrot Cake
You’ll never want to eat a store bought cake again! Moist & sweet with smooth creamy icing.

Ingredients:
Cake:
- 1 cup Crisco® Canola or Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups Robin Hood® Nutri Flour Blend™ Tastes Like White
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 cups finely grated carrots
Icing:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup cream cheese, softened
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp milk, if necessary
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9″ cake pans
- Beat oil and sugars together in a large bowl of an electric mixer, until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate large bowl. Add flour mixture to egg mixture. Mix just until combined. Fold in carrots. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool in pans on wire cooling rack for 20 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire cooling rack.
- For the icing, cream butter and cream cheese in a large bowl of an electric mixer. Add icing sugar, 1 cup at a time. Beat well after each addition. Add vanilla. Continue beating until fluffy. Add 1 tbsp milk at a time to thin out (if necessary).
- Place one cake on serving dish. Spread with icing. Top with remaining cake. Spread top with remaining icing.
My favorite cake! I collect carrot cake recipes, this is much appreciated!
This looks so damn good! lol I haven’t made carrot cake for years, but I may just do it this weekend!
thanks
omg looks soooo good!! definitely trying this out 🙂 thank you!
OMG YUM!!!!!
Yummy looking cake. Love carrot cakes. Actually I love sweets.
That looks delish, and I love carrot cake with fresh carrots.
There is something so perfect about a carrot cake with cream cheese icing! This one sounds quite decedent! I may try recreating with a little sub-ing to decrease the oil!
I love carrot cake. i usually get it when we go to Golden Corral. I have only made it once before.
Love Carrot Cake! This looks like a great recipe, will have to try it out. Thanks!
That looks delicious
This looks wonderful and the directions look nice and easy thanks for sharing.
Needed this recipe for my mom’s birthday:)) thank you!!!
I love a good carrot cake and this recipe seems easy to make.
One of my all time favorite treats.The recipe is explained in a way that even a sometime baker like myself could do it.Thanks.
I love a good moist carrot cake and I have yet to make that happen. I would love to try this it looks so good and way better than mine has ever turned out.
That’s my daughters favorite. I will try this recipe. I don’t really like the one I have. I think this one will be more moist than mine.
This carrot cake looks lovely and I will be making it.I think I have a craving for it now.I don’t bake as much in the summer months as I do in the fall.Thanks for sharing this.
I love carrot cake alot but dont think I ever made one that I recall – to afraid I would mess it up I guess – dont sound hard to do tho – may try it -thanks
One of my favorites! Yummy!
Carrot Cake is one of my favs! I literally go gaga when I see it in a cafe or bakery. Since moving to Germany, I don’t really get that opportunity often, so I stick to making it at home now. Great recipe!
Aya
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Yum, I have not made Carrot Cake for a long time, I think it is about time, thank you for sharing this recipe.
Yummy! I would love to eat this cake, gonna save this recipe 🙂
Oh Em Gee!! I LOVE carrot cake! I am pinning for later! Thanks for this AWESOME looking recipe!
Ohhhh…I wish that piece of cake in the pic was right in front of me! It looks so good! Thank you for sharing!
I love carrot cake! Thanks for the recipe! Carrot, chocolate or pineapple upside down are my favorites.
I am an admitted Chocoholic, when I eat cake it’s either chocolate cake or cheesecake, but I do love carrot cake as well. Thank you for posting this recipe.
Me too.
Wow. Looks fabulous! Stumbled and pinned.
Carrot Cake is my favorite cake, by far! Dangerous, though, I could eat the whole thing by myself, I can’t resist it! I’ll be making this very soon! Thanks for sharing! 😉
Do you have a printers version of the carrot cake
Carrot cake is my favorite cake.Your cake looks so good.Thanks for recipe.
Carrot cake with icing is my favorite! I’ve never heard of this flour and would like to try it. A nice recipe for the holidays (if I don’t eat it all!!)
Love carrot cake. So yummy!
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Carrot Cake is my man’s favorite and I have never ever made one. I pinned your recipe so I can surprise him some day. With your pictures and step instructions I think I just might pull it off.
this carrot cake looks so good and yummy and easy to make. I love collecting recipes and baking in the winter when the oven is so nice and it warms up the house with decadent smells. Thanks for recipe.
I love a classic carrot cake! It has a vegetable in it so it must be healthy right? 😉
I love making carrot cake, but I don’t make it to often because no one else in the house likes it, so I either have to eat all myself or send it to friends
This looks delicious! I love carrot cake.
Yum! My favorite cake. Always like to try new recipes. Thanks for sharing yours. Visitng from Foodie Friday. Happy New Year! Linda
Oh, I saw the lil’ thumbnail of this and thought… I want THAT cake NOW! Love a good carrot cake 🙂
I’m not a big fan of other cakes, but I LOVE carrot cake – will be trying this out soon! Great post
-Jenna <3
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You had me at carrot cake. I wonder if I can get that flour here in the States. I need to investigate.
A beautiful cake… look delicious too. We love carrot cake here. Yum. 🙂
YUMM!!
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Oh, carrot cake is my favorite! I’ve never attempted to make it, thought. Might be time to try…
Oh yum, this looks absolutely scrumptious! Now I’m craving carrot cake 🙂 Thanks for linking up at the Friday Favorites linky party!