SUPER MOIST CARROT CAKE1

Super moist carrot cake

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The Super moist carrot cake is very simple to prepare and is always a success, thanks to the carrots which, with their natural sweetness, become the protagonists of sensational desserts

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (283g) all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup (175ml) vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup (130g) unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup (150g) packed light brown sugar (break up any clumps)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 cups (348g) finely grated carrots

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter two 9″ round cake pans, line with parchment paper, butter parchment paper, dust parchment paper with flour, shake out excess.* Line pans with water soaked cake strips if you have them.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
  4. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer blend together vegetable oil, applesauce, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla.
  5. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined. Mix in grated carrots just to evenly distribute. Divide mixture evenly into 2 prepared cake pans.
  6. Bake in preheat oven for 33 – 38 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  7. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes in cake pan, then run a knife around edges of cakes and invert into a wire rack to cool completely.