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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Rainbow Carrot
Ingredients
  • subheading: Cake:
  • Unsalted butter or nonstick cooking spray, for the pans
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for the pans
  • 2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup sweetened, shredded coconut, optional
  • ⅔ cup pecans, toasted and roughly chopped
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature
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  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • subheading: Frosting:
  • 5 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • subheading: Candied Carrots:
  • Nonstick cooking spray, for the sheet pan
  • 2 large rainbow carrots, peeled
  • ½ cup plus ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
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