Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make CARROT CAKE!

Chef Anna Olson shows you how to bake an amazing carrot cake from scratch!

Ingredients

Cake

¾ cup (175 ml) vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 cup (200 g) packed light brown sugar
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
2 cup (300 g) all-purpose flour
2 tsp (6 g) baking powder
1 tsp (3 g) ground cinnamon
½ tsp (3 g) baking soda
½ tsp (3 g) salt
½ tsp (2 g) ground allspice
¼ tsp (1 g) ground cloves
2 cup (100 g) loosely packed, finely grated carrot (about 7 oz)
¾ cup (75 g) lightly toasted walnut pieces or raisins (optional)

Frosting

1 pkg (225 g) brick cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cup (60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 cup (390 g) icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice
lightly toasted walnut pieces, for garnish

Directions

Cake

1. For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C). Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.

2. Whisk the oil, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until blended.

3. In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice and cloves. Stir in the grated carrot to coat it with the flour (this will help extract the most colour. Add this to the wet mixture and stir until evenly blended (the batter will be wet). Stir in the walnut pieces or raisins, if using. Divide this between the 2 pans and bake the cakes for 25 to 30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake for 30 minutes in their pans, then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Frosting

1. For the frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add half of the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in the vanilla and lemon juice and then beat in the remaining icing sugar until light and fluffy.

2. To assemble the cake, peel the parchment paper from the cake layers and place one layer onto a plate or platter. Spread the top with a generous layer of frosting and top with the second cake. Frosting the top and sides of the cakes and use your spatula to create swirls in the frosting. Sprinkle a few walnut pieces on the top of the cake as garnish, or press the walnut pieces onto the sides of the cake.

3. The cake will keep, refrigerated, for up to 3 days.

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[plauditecives]

I like how you move directly to preparation without a long preamble. I wish more YouTube videos were like yours.

[cadler]

I love it how she does everything so confidently, thats how we should all bake

[Sheritag]

This was the best cake video. Her drawers are a major flex.

[tamibeard]

What kind of magical dream kitchen is this

[catherinemelnyk]

I love your videos Anna; no loud music, no distractions. Just good food and clear, easy to understand instructions. I know yours is a commercial kitchen and it sure is a dream.

[typemoon]

I'm kinda jealous of the flour and sugar drawers she has in her kitchen

[mucefitadonelly]

I love Anna Olson, the professional way she e explains her recipes plus she orderly writes them down on the description. also get kitchen is amazing.

[reinanaggi]

Her kitchen drawer is my dream. It's filled with ingredients😂😂

[winwithwellness]

I made this recipe last Sunday. Tweaked it a little bit. Reduced both the white and brown sugar by 20% and used only 95 grams of icing sugar for the frosting. 390 grams of icing sugar is waaaay too sweet. Only half a teaspoon of lemon juice. I bake for different camps (parents who are above 70 and don't like cakes that are too sweet as well as siblings & friends who enjoy sweet desserts but not overboard). Came out great 👍

[sophielin]

I made this cake today and it’s a wonderful recipe! I added a half cup of packed brown sugar instead, and it was still fairly sweet. I baked it in a 9x13 inch pan for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Delicious!

[bernardinelermite]

The best carrot cake video ever : concise, clear, and so quick ! Bravo !

[Andreibrei]

Perfect recipe! After watching so many videos of carrot cake I felt like yours was the ONE! It came out, I'm not afraid of that word as it was and that's what we love about cakes, moist! It was my first carrot cake and it was a hit at the family dinner! Thank you xxx

[indelible]

I made this yesterday in a square glass pan and it was wonderful!! I can't stop eating it!!! Everyone loves it. I really enjoyed making it. Thank you. Will definitely make more often with this premium recipe ❤

[etisuryani]

I made this for the first time for my birthday yesterday. my family love it. Rich taste, great recipe. Thanks for your sharing ♡

[pch]

Got compliments for this cake and I'm not a baker (first time to make a carrot cake). Only used one cup sugar for the frosting. What a great recipe, thanks very much for all the pro-tips. Video (& Anna Olson) were top-class.

[Di-pbnz]

I made this cake to take with me on Sunday, well it just happened to be the best cake I have ever made. A very beautiful cake.

[edwinnegron]

made this two days ago and it came out like a dream!!! everyone loved it. thank you once again Anna!!!!

[emeraldsun]

Finally a perfect straight to the point recipe video. Definitely trying this!!

[afnan]

I tried this recipe yesterday and it came out delicious and wonderful ! The cake was moist, light and just yumm. Thank you for showing us the recipe .

[diszareljohnc.malunas]

Anna Olson's voice simply makes the baking more mesmerizing