Gram's Carrot Cake - Recipe

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GRAM'S CARROT CAKE

This recipe was given to me by my grandma, Helen Haas, who lived to the ripe old age of 102, so it must be a healthy thing to eat. It's a favorite of my husband's, and we always top it with green-dyed coconut "grass" and a few clusters of jelly beans for Easter.

2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 cups grated carrots
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°F.

For cake, combine sugar, eggs, oil, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, grated carrots, and chopped nuts. Pour into 13x9-inch greased pan and bake for 40 minutes or until cake tests done.

For frosting, blend butter and cream cheese, and then add powdered sugar and vanilla. Frost, and see if it lasts long enough for you to have a piece yourself.

Submitted by: Lori Thorp

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Gram's Carrot Cake

· Nov 9 · #50553

Rhea Fernandez (Massachusetts) says:

Awesome. I made the mistake of bringing this cake to a gathering. The requests have been pouring in everytime I am invited to a gathering. I am wondering if they really want me there or my "your" carrot cake...lol Easy, fun and extremely rewarding. Thank You

· Sep 13 · #78427

Shanna Lopez (Arizona) says:

OMGOODNESS!!!!!! This cake recipe rocks..... My Husband can't get enough I have tried sooooooooooooooooo many recipes and this is his favorite and your right I never get a piece of it maybe the scraps that are leftover. This has become a family recipe for us as well at least twice a week in our home as well as extended family as I type this I am working on two for actual cake orders.....KUDOS to Helen Hass!!!!! We love it

· Apr 10 · #98480

Kathi Loftus (New Jersey) says:

This is the best recipe I have made in a long time. I divided the cake into 4 round pans for layers and I tripled the icing ingredients to have enough for the layers and sides. I decorated it with green colored coconut and jelly beans for Easter. It was spectacular!

· Mar 28 · #123579

Ivonne (Texas) says:

This cake is awesome!!!

· Oct 26 · #173979

Bobbie (Iowa) says:

I was amazed how much this cake rose. It's a very good cake! Thank you!

· Sep 6 · #176612

Jay Smith (Florida) says:

I don't even like carrot cake - but I love this. Whenever I make it, it never lasts! Everyone always wants more! Thanks to Ms. Thorpe for posting her grandmother's recipe!

· Nov 26 · #183021

Naomi (Massachusetts) says:

I have been making this carrot cake for over a decade. It is my grandson's fave and a must for any holiday or celebration.

· Jan 14 · #183724

FuzzFace (Pennsylvania) says:

I first printed this recipe in 2005. I have made it countless times. It is now January 2021 and have made it twice already this month. BEST EVER!!!

· May 8 · #184646

Paul Werthmann (California) says:

This is a show stopper! I've been making it for years.

· Dec 4 · #192898

Quinn (Maryland) says:

Best ever carrot cake. Backed off the frosting to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar and still great. One time in a pinch I used sweet potato rather than carrots and it was still very good.

· Dec 14 · #192954

Naomi P. (United States) says:

My family loves this carrot cake. Aside from my grandsons 1st birthday cake I make carrot cake muffins. He is now 17 and it is still his favorite. I do tweak the recipe in some ways(3 layers, double carrots, etc.). This year the Christmas carrot cake will be made by mostly him. Fabulous!

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