Cooking Times
30 min
Prep Time
45 min
Cook Time
75 min
Total Time
Ingredients (11 items)
3.00 large
Carrots
finely grated
2.00 cups
All-purpose flour
sifted
3.00 large
Eggs
room temperature
1.00 cup
Granulated sugar
0.50 cup
Vegetable oil
1.00 tsp
Ground cinnamon
2.00 tsp
Baking powder
1.00 tsp
Vanilla extract
0.50 tsp
Salt
0.50 cup
Walnuts
chopped, optional
0.25 cup
Powdered sugar
for dusting
Instructions (14 steps)
1
Preheat oven
2
Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan
3
Peel and grate carrots finely
4
Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy
5 minutes
5
Add oil and vanilla, mix well
6
Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt
7
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture
8
Fold in grated carrots
9
Fold in walnuts if using
10
Pour batter into prepared pan
11
Bake until toothpick comes out clean
45 minutes
12
Cool in pan
10 minutes
13
Remove from pan and cool completely
30 minutes
14
Dust with powdered sugar before serving