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The Best Carrot Cake Ever

This is an easy and moist carrot cake recipe that you'll find yourself coming back to.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Keyword: carrot cake, easy carrot cake recipe, moist carrot cake
Servings: 3 8 inch layers

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups grated raw carrot
  • 1 (9oz) can crushed pineapple
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Drain pineapple into a colander, press it down with a spatula every so often to drain the juice.
  • In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
  • In your mixer, add sugar, oil and eggs. Mix for 1 minute.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the mixer and mix until combined.
  • Stir in carrots, pineapple and nuts.
  • Spread batter into 3 greased 8-inch cake pans.
  • Bake for 28-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
  • Cool on racks and frost with cream cheese frosting.