- Hello everybody, and welcome back.
Today we're going to be making
the perfect carrot cake recipe.
Carrot cake is, I think, it's my favorite flavor of cake,
I love it so much!
And today I'm gonna teach you how to make the best one.
So, let's get started.
So first, to make the cake,
in a medium sized bowl,
combine some flour, baking powder, baking soda,
cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg.
I'll have all of the quantities for everything listed
in the description box down below,
so definitely check that out if you wanna make the cake.
Then in a large bowl, combine some unsalted butter,
brown sugar and granulated sugar,
and beat them with an electric mixer
until they're pale and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating with each addition.
Then add some vanilla extract and some water,
and some grated carrots, and beat until combined.
Add the flour mixture and the pecans,
and mix together on low speed until fully combined.
And if you have a nut allergy,
you can simply omit the pecans, don't worry about it.
It tastes good, but they're not, like,
necessary, really. (chuckles)
Divide the batter between four greased and floured,
six-inch round cake pans,
or three greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
So, 9-inch cake pans are the traditional size
for a carrot cake,
but the very trendy size now is six-inch round pans.
That will give you the nice kinda tall and narrow cake.
So, I'm doing that just to be different,
but if you would like the more traditional shape,
use 9-inch pans instead of six-inch pans. (chuckles)
Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 minutes,
or until a skewer inserted into the centers comes out clean.
Allow the cakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes,
then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
So, next we're gonna make the frosting,
and this frosting is the most delicious thing
you'll ever make,
like, the most delicious thing
that will ever come out of your kitchen, I promise.
Good lord, it's so good.
So, first you wanna beat the butter and cream cheese
with an electric mixer until fluffy.
And yes, I'm very enthusiastic
about my cream cheese frosting.
Then add some vanilla extract and combine.
Add the confectioners sugar,
and beat until light and fluffy.
Dye a quarter cup of the frosting orange,
and another quarter cup of the frosting green.
Place the orange frosting into a piping bag,
fit it with the medium size round piping tip,
and place the green frosting into a piping bag,
fit it with a small round piping tip.
To assemble the cake, you wanna slice the tops and bottoms
off all the cakes to smooth the surface.
Stack the cakes on your work surface
and spread some frosting between each layer.
Coat the cake in a thin layer of frosting,
and then transfer it to the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
And so, this thin layer of frosting
is called a crumb coat, I'm getting tongue twisted today.
So, what it's gonna do,
it's gonna catch all the crumbs of the cake
in that thin layer of frosting
so that when when your applying the next,
or the final layer of frosting,
you won't see any crumbs in the frosting,
and it will look perfect and clean.
It's especially noticeable when you have a darkish cake
and a lighter frosting.
You can really tell when you see little cake crumbs,
and so this is going to prevent that.
So, then wanna coat the cake
in that thick, generous layer of frosting I just mentioned,
and smooth the top and the sides.
Then pipe carrots using the orange frosting
by starting at the widest end of the carrot,
and kind of pulling the piping bag towards you
to make a point.
Then pipe little lines with the green frosting
to create the carrot tops, and you are done!
So, I thank you guys so much for watching,
I hope that you like this recipe.
If you're looking for other basic recipes,
I have a playlist linked here in the cards for you.
I have the perfect vanilla cake recipe
which I've got, I just, I love it so much.
Same with the chocolate cake recipe,
a basic chocolate cake recipe I have eaten
from the whole cake with a spoon, it is that good.
So, I definitely recommend checking that one out.
If you have requests for any other basic cakes,
I can't believe I haven't done red velvet yet,
but if if you want me to do it, I definitely will.
Anyways, any requests, leave in the comments down below,
and I will see you guys on, what day is it today?
Tuesday, so I'll see you guys in Thursday for a new video.
Thank you so much, and I love you so much.
Bye!