The BEST Carrot Cake – recipe from Full Moon BBQ in Birmingham, AL. This block is super moist and the foam cheese frosting is to-die-for! I don't even like carrot cake and I ate a HUGE slice of this block! The hole-and-corner ingredient in this block is infant nutrient. I know it sounds weird but it adds so much moisture and you don't take any chunks of carrots in the block. Flour, saccharide, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, eggs, oil, babe food, cream cheese, butter, and powdered carbohydrate. Tin can make the block upwards to a week in accelerate. This is PERFECT for the holidays!

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Total Moon BBQ Carrot Cake Recipe

This recipe is from Full Moon BBQ in Birmingham, AL. Their carrot cake is the Best. They published the recipe many many years agone in the paper and a friend recently sent me a re-create. Woohoo! I immediately made the cake, and it did not disappoint. It is honestly the All-time carrot block I've ever eaten. The cake is super moist and the cream cheese frosting is to-die-for!

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How to Make Carrot Cake with Baby Food

The undercover ingredient in this cake is infant food. I know it sounds weird but it adds so much moisture and you lot don't accept any chunks of carrots in the cake. To make the cake from scratch, combine flour, carbohydrate, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, eggs, oil, and infant food. Mix well with a hand-held mixer and pour into three cake pans and bake. While the cakes are cooling, make the cream cheese frosting. Combine softened cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Mix with a manus-held mixer until light and fluffy. Once the cakes are cooled, frost them with the frosting and coat the cake with chopped pecans, if desired.

Tips & Frequently Asked Questions

  • I used Gerber 2d Foods Carrot Baby Food. The original recipe used Gerber Stage three Carrots. They discontinued that product, and so I went with the second Foods.
  • I made this cake in iii 8-inch cake pans. The cakes can exist baked in any pan you wish, you will but have to adjust the cooking times.
  • You can make the cakes in advance and store them in an air-tight container overnight before frosting.
  • The baked cake layers tin can be frozen for later on. When prepare to frost the cake, thaw the cake layers and add together the frosting.
  • Can carrot cake be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the frosted cake for later. Remove the cake from the freezer and permit thaw on the countertop at least an 60 minutes before serving. The cake volition keep 2 to 3 months in the freezer.
  • Can I personalize the cake? Sure! You tin add nuts, golden raisins, or sweetened coconut to the batter. Likewise, feel free to add together some orange extract or zest to the cream cheese frosting.
  • I coated the whole cake with chopped pecans. This is completely optional. You tin can glaze just the peak, just the sides, or none of the cake.
  • Store the frosted cake in the refrigerator. I have the cake out most 30 minutes to an hour before serving.
  • Leftover carrot cake will go on 2 to iii days in an air-tight container in the fridge.
  • A decorated and uncut block will keep up to a calendar week in an air-tight container in the fridge.
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Easy Dessert for the Holidays

This cake is a existent show stopper. The three layers look then impressive when you cut into the cake. Non simply is this cake impressive, but information technology is also DELICIOUS! I am not a large fan of carrot block, just I can eat a giant piece of this block! Make sure yous have lots of friends to share this cake with, otherwise you might consume the whole affair yourself!

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The BEST Carrot Cake

Yield: 12 people

Prep Time 10 mins

Melt Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

The Best Carrot Block Always! This block is super moist and the cream cheese frosting is to-die-for! I don't even like carrot cake and I ate a HUGE slice of this cake! The secret ingredient in this cake is baby food. I know it sounds weird but it adds so much wet and you don't accept any chunks of carrots in the cake. Flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, eggs, oil, baby food, cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar. Can brand the cake up to a week in advance. This is PERFECT for the holidays!

Cake

  • 2½ cups flour
  • 2½ cups sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ii tsp cinnamon
  • ane tsp table salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • iv eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 3 (four-oz) jars carrot baby food (Gerber Stage two)

Frosting

  • 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese room temperature
  • 1 stick butter room temperature
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • chopped pecans for garinish

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans.

  • In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake. Mix well with a mitt-held mixer. Dissever the batter into the prepared cake pan.

  • Broil 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the block comes out clean.

  • Allow cakes to cool for 5 minutes in the pans and and so remove from pans and cool completely.

  • Once the cakes have cooled, frost with Foam Cheese Frosting. Garnish cake with chopped pecans, if desired.

Frosting

  • In a bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla.

  • Mix with a hand-held mixer until light and fluffy.

  • I used Gerber second Foods Carrot Baby Food. The original recipe used Gerber Phase iii Carrots. They discontinued that product, so I went with the 2nd Foods.
  • I made this cake in iii 8-inch cake pans. The cakes can exist baked in any pan y'all wish, you will just have to suit the cooking times.
  • You lot can make the cakes in advance and store them in an air-tight container overnight before frosting.
  • The baked cake layers can be frozen for later. When fix to frost the cake, thaw the cake layers and add together the frosting.
  • You tin freeze the frosted cake for later. Remove the block from the freezer and let thaw on the countertop at least an hour before serving. The cake will keep two to 3 months in the freezer.
  • You can add together nuts, gilded raisins, or sweetened coconut to the batter. Too, feel free to add some orange extract or zest to the cream cheese frosting.
  • I coated the whole cake with chopped pecans. This is completely optional. Yous tin glaze merely the top, just the sides, or none of the cake.
  • Store the frosted cake in the refrigerator. I have the cake out about 30 minutes to an hour before serving.
  • Leftover carrot cake will proceed two to 3 days in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
  • A decorated and uncut cake will proceed up to a week in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.

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