Spiced Carrot Cake with Pecans

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Super simple carrot cake recipe that is great as a dessert or for breakfast with coffee. You can add a brown butter icing or cream cheese frosting to this recipe, but I found the sweetness level to be perfect without it.

Tags: baked goods, snack, dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 cup
    butter, softened
  • 2 cups
    sugar
  • 1 teaspoon
    cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon
    nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon
    orange zest
  • 4
    eggs
  • 1½ cups
    carrots, freshly grated
  • ⅔ cup
    pecans, chopped
  • 2½ cups
    multi-purpose flour, sifted
  • 3 tablespoons
    baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon
    salt
  • ⅓ cup
    water, warmed
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Preparation

  1. 10 mins

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Gather and prep ingredients. Allow the butter to soften at room temperature. Next, peel and finely grate the carrots.

  2. Ingredient shot.

    Ingredient shot.

  3. Grated carrots.

    Grated carrots.

  4. 5 mins

    Cream the softened butter in a large mixing bowl, then slowly add in the sugar. The texture should be very light and fluffy.

  5. Light and fluffy texture.

    Light and fluffy texture.

  6. 5 mins

    Add in the eggs, one by one, to the creamed butter. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together until thoroughly combined. Then add in the warm water and mix. Slowly fold in the flour mixture to the creamed butter and eggs. Do not work too much - just enough so that white flour is no longer visible.

  7. Mixture.

    Mixture.

  8. 40 mins

    Pour the mixture into 2 greased 9"x5" bread pan and bake for 40-45 minutes. If you are using a baking sheet, allow to bake for 25-30 minutes.

  9. Before baking.

    Before baking.

  10. After baking!

    After baking!

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