Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.

You can cook Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Prepare 21/4 cups of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
3. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
4. You need 1 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
6. It's 1/2 tsp of ginger.
7. Prepare 1/8 tsp of ground cloves.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
9. You need 1 lb of carrots (6-7 medium).
10. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar].
11. It's 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
12. It's 1/4 cup of molasses or date syrup.
13. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
14. You need 1 1/2 cups of canola oil.
15. Prepare of Frosting.
16. It's 12 oz of cream cheese.
17. You need 6 tbsp of unsalted butter.
18. You need 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
19. It's 4 cups of icing sugar.

Carrot Cake or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350F and line cupcake pans (24) or cake pan.
2. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt and mix.
3. Shred carrots (3cups).
4. Add carrots to dry ingredients.
5. Mix sugars and eggs, add the oil and continue to mix.
6. Mix into dry ingredients.
7. Scoop into cases and bake for 20-24 min or 1 hour (if cake).
8. Cool in pan for five mins and then transfer to rack.
9. Mix the butter and cream cheese add sugar and vanilla extract and keep mixing.
10. Frost as desired.