How to Prepare Yummy BEST Carrot Cake

BEST Carrot Cake.

You can have BEST Carrot Cake using 27 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of BEST Carrot Cake

1. You need 1 of ~CAKE BATTER~.
2. It's 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
3. It's 2 tsp of baking soda.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
5. You need 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
6. You need 3 large of eggs.
7. Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
8. Prepare 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
9. Prepare 3/4 cup of buttermilk.
10. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. It's 2 cup of grated carrot.
12. You need 1 of (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained.
13. You need 1 of (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut.
14. You need 1 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake.
15. You need 1 of ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~.
16. Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
17. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
18. Prepare 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
19. You need 1/2 cup of butter or margarine.
20. You need 1 tbsp of light corn syrup.
21. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
22. You need 1 of ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~.
23. Prepare 3/4 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
24. You need 1 of (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
25. You need 1 of (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
26. It's 3 cup of sifted powdered sugar.
27. It's 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.

BEST Carrot Cake step by step

1. ☆CAKE☆.
2. Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside..
3. Stir together first 4 ingredients..
4. Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans..
5. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake..
6. ●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●.
7. ●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●.
8. ●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●.
9. ●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●.
10. For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake..