Easy Carrot Cake Recipe (Made with Baby Food)

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a slice of moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

If you’re looking for an easy carrot cake recipe that turns out perfectly moist every single time, this is the one to bookmark. It’s simple, classic, and made with a smart shortcut that makes the whole process faster and completely foolproof.

a slice of moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

I have always hated carrot cake. It’s the texture- walnuts, pineapple, big shreds of carrots, raisins… listen, this isn’t a salad, it’s a cake! So, I made a really fantastic homemade layered carrot cake that’s beautiful and delicious. And then my friend Cassie told me about hers (from Barbara Ryan) and it has a secret ingredient so immediately I had to try it.

This is my new favorite cake to whip up for a Sunday night or when company is coming to dinner. No layers necessary and the secret ingredient makes this hands down as moist as a banana cake with less work than any cake I’ve ever made!

a baking pan with carrot cake slices in it topped with cream cheese frosting with a little carrot piped on each piece

Why Baby Food Makes This Cake Work

Using carrot baby food might sound a little surprising, but it’s actually the secret to the incredibly moist texture in this cake.

Carrot baby food is made from finely pureed carrots, which means it blends seamlessly into the batter. Instead of noticeable carrot shreds, you get all the natural moisture, sweetness, and flavor of carrots without changing the texture of the cake.

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Best Carrot Cake Recipe (Perfectly Moist with Cream Cheese Frosting)

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A photo of a slice of two layer carrot cake laying on its side on a blue and white plate.

If you’re searching for the best carrot cake recipe, you’re in the right place. This is the carrot cake I come back to every single time! It’s perfectly moist, deeply spiced, and layered with rich cream cheese frosting.

No raisins, no nuts, no weird add-ins trying to steal the spotlight. Just classic carrot cake flavor done really, really well.

a two layer carrot cake on a white cake stand looking at the cake from the side with a slice taken out of it. It has white cream cheese frosting in between the layers and all over the outside. The cake is topped with white chocolate decorative carrots.

I only had carrot cake for the first time a few years ago. My good friend, Melissa Brandley was in town for the Sundance Film Festival and we went out to dinner for a good ol’ catch up on all things in life. We laughed until our sides hurt, cried together right there in the restaurant and had the most delicious carrot cake.  That carrot cake inspired me to create this recipe, my Favorite Carrot Cake.

I’m not a fan of carrot cakes that are full of all sorts of ingredients like orange peel, candied ginger, walnuts, pecans, and raisins. At that point it gets too busy and almost doesn’t even seem like a cake anymore. I want fresh, moist and flavorful, and I want it to taste like a carrot cake.

a two layer carrot cake on a white cake stand covered in white cream cheese frosting with white chocolate decorative carrots on top and surrounded at the base wit chopped walnuts.

Why This is the Best Carrot Cake Recipe

This really is the best carrot cake recipe because it keeps things simple and lets the cake shine. It’s incredibly moist, perfectly spiced, and made without raisins, nuts (optional), or distractions. The carrots melt right into the batter, the crumb stays soft for days.

The Secret to a Perfectly Moist Carrot Cake

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