Easter candy recipes , Alton brown's carrot cake



Celebrate the Easter with your family making so fun Easter desserts from Cooking Secrets . Our candy recipe today is Alton brown's carrot cake . I hope you enjoy it . It takes just 40 minutes to prepare and you can easily get its ingredients . 

Carrot Cake


prep time : 40 minutes . 
cook time : 1 hour and 10 minutes . 

Ingredients : 
  • Unsalted butter, for the pan
  • 12 ounces, approximately 2 1/2 cups, all-purpose flour, plus extra for pan
  • 12 ounces grated carrots, medium grate, approximately 6 medium
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 10 ounces sugar, approximately 1 1/3 cups
  • 2 ounces dark brown sugar, approximately 1/4 cup firmly packed
  • 3 large eggs
  • 6 ounces plain yogurt
  • 6 ounces vegetable oil
  • Cream Cheese Frosting . 
Cream Cheese Frosting :
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 9 ounces powdered sugar, sifted, approximately 2 cups

Directions : 
  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F . then butter and flour a 9-inch round and 3-inch deep cake pan , Line the bottom with parchment paper .
  • Put all the carrots in a large bowl . and in another medium bowl combine the flour , baking soda , baking powder , spices and salt for just five seconds . Add this mixture to the carrots and toss until well-coated with the flour . 
  • In a small bowl of the food processor combine the sugar , eggs , brown sugare and yogurt . Pour this mixture also in the carrot mixture and stir until just combined . Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake on the middle rack of the oven for about 45 minutes . 
  • Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F and bake until the cake reaches 205 to 210 degrees F in the center ( for 20 minutes ) . 
  • Get the pan out of the oven and allow to cool ( 15 minutes ) then turn the cake out onto a rack .  Last step , Frost with cream cheese frosting after cake has cooled completely .









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