The best carrot cake recipe uses grated carrots, crushed pineapple, and juicy raisins to create the most deliciously moist and tender cake ever!
Ingredients
- 6 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup raisins
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- 1Gather all ingredients.
- 2Combine grated carrots and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Let sit for 1 hour, then stir in raisins.
- 3Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 10-inch round cake pans. Beat eggs in a large bowl until lighter in color.
- 4Gradually beat in white sugar, oil, and vanilla. Stir in pineapple.
- 5Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl, then stir into egg mixture until absorbed.
- 6Stir in carrot mixture and walnuts. Pour evenly into the prepared cake pans.
- 7Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
- 8Cool for 10 minutes before removing cake from the pans; let cool completely.