Cakes have been an essential part of all celebrations since times immemorial. Be it birthdays, anniversary, graduation day or any other special occasion, the presence of a delicious cake is inevitable and if the cake is a home baked one, the joy of indulging in the sweet treat automatically doubles. This Father's Day, make it extra special for your daddy by serving him a mouth-watering cake, baked by you. Now, are you looking forward for some interesting cake recipes to impress your daddy this Father's Day? If yes, then look no further. Instead of going for the cliched chocolate cake recipe, be different this year. Given below is a lip-smacking carrot cake recipe, especially designed for daddy dearest.
Father's Day Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
Father's day carrot cake is an
easy carrot cake recipe to make. Go ahead and bake this carrot cake
for your father on the Father's Day.
Father's Day Carrot Cake
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups Vegetable Oil
- 4 Eggs
- 3 cups Carrot (grated)
- 1 cup Chopped Nuts (optional)
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Cream Cheese Icing:
- One 8 ounce Softened Cream Cheese
- ¼ cup Softened Butter
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 1 lb Powdered Sugar
Method:
- The first step would be to take a bowl and sift together the sugar, flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the oil.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Add carrots, nuts, and vanilla to the above mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Now, pour the mixture into a floured and greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch cake pan.
- Bake in the oven at a temperature of 350o F for 30 minutes. Then, cool in pan.
- In the meantime, prepare the cream cheese icing by beating together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Blend in vanilla. Now, sift powdered sugar. Gradually beat together powdered sugar and mixture. The icing is ready.
- The last step would be to spread the cream cheese icing over the cake. The lip-smacking Carrot Cake is ready to be served to your dad.