carrot cake recipe

ingredients:

cake-

• 2 cups flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

• 3/4 cups vegetable oil

• 4 cups shredded carrots

• 2 eggs

• 1/4 cup vanilla greek yogurt

• 1/2 cup apple sauce

frosting-

• 1 cream cheese softened

• 1/4 cup butter softened

• 1/2 cup icing sugar

• 1 tsp lemon juice

instructions:

• Grease a 9”x13” glass pan.

• Preheat the oven to 365F.

• Shred carrots.

• In a medium sized bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

• Using a stand mixer or electric mixer, beat eggs for 2-3 minutes.

• Add brown sugar and mix until sugar is fully dissolved, add yogurt & applesauce

• Slowly pour oil into the egg and sugar mixture. Continue mixing for a few minutes until ingredients are well blended and a creamy texture forms.

• Add dry ingredients to the mixture and mix at a slow speed.

• Lastly, add shredded carrots (and any other optional ingredients such as raisins or chopped walnuts) to batter and stir with a wooden spoon just until blended.

• Bake at 365F for 30-40 minutes. Check that the cake is fully cooked by inserting a toothpick into the center, if the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.

• Leave the cake to cool completely before adding the cream cheese frosting.

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