This Best Carrot Cake recipe has a delicious moist carrot cake soaked in a decadent buttermilk glaze and topped with cream cheese icing and pecans.

This is the carrot cake of dreams folks! There is nothing better than a homemade cake, but this cake is taken to the next level when it soaks in a buttermilk glaze. It’s perfect for Easter!

I was inspired to make this cake when my friends and I had the most wonderful slice of carrot cake at a restaurant in New Orleans. From that first bite, I was on a mission to figure that recipe out. Well, I may not have that exact recipe, but I’d say this cake ranks up there with one of the Best Ever Carrot Cake recipes!

It’s a very simple recipe and I used freshly grated carrots. It’s an extremely moist cake due to the vegetable oil and shredded carrots. And it’s topped with a not too sweet cream cheese icing.

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Best Carrot Cake

This Ultimate Carrot Cake recipe has a delicious moist carrot cake soaked in a decadent buttermilk glaze and topped with cream cheese icing and pecans.

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Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 cups shredded carrots

Buttermilk Glaze:

• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp white vinegar
• 6 tbsp butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

Icing:

• 1 stick butter
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
3. Add eggs and vegetable oil stirring well to combine all ingredients.
4. Stir in shredded carrots.
5. Pour batter into a greased 13 x 9 pan.
6. Bake for 30- 35 minutes or until center is set

For the buttermilk glaze:

1. Start the glaze 10 minutes before the cake is done. Stir together milk and vinegar. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
2. Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. Add sugar, milk mixture, and baking soda. Stir and heat until boiling for about 1 minute. Mixture will be foamy. Remove from heat.
3. Once cake is removed from the oven, poke holes all over with a fork. Pour hot mixture over warm cake. Allow it to sit for 1 hour.

For the icing:

1. Beat together butter and cream cheese. Add in vanilla and beat. Add powdered sugar and beat until well combine.
2. Spread across cake after it sits for 1 hour. Top with chopped pecans.

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