How To Grate Carrots For Carrot Cake Plus A Simple Recipe

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      The Whimsical Bakehouse; Kaye Hansen and Liv Hansen
    
      LaBelle Cuisine; Patti LaBelle and Laura Randolph
    
      Concise Encyclopedia of Foods and Nutrition; Audrey H. Ensminger et al.
    




If you're making a carrot cake recipe from scratch, follow these tricks to avoid crunchy carrots.

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Shred Carrots
Puree Carrots
Carrot Cake Recipe

Alternatively, you can use a food processor to quickly shred carrots. Just attach a shredding blade to a food processor and pulse the carrots until they’re fully grated. This is probably the quickest, best way to grate carrots for carrot cake.

Large pot
Water
Carrots
Vegetable peeler
Large mixing bowl
Fork
Potato masher (optional)
Food processor (optional)

For a quick carrot puree, you can also use carrot baby food in place of the cooked carrots.

9-by-13-inch cake pan
Oil or cooking spray
Eggs
Vegetable oil
White sugar
Vanilla
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Ground cinnamon
Carrots
Pecans
Toothpick
Cooling rack

Place the cooled cake in an airtight container and refrigerate it to prevent spoilage. If you use cream-based icing, refrigeration is particularly important. If your carrot cake broke apart when you removed it from the pan, place it in bowls and top with icing, syrup or frosting for an appealing dessert.

If your carrot cake broke apart when you removed it from the pan, place it in bowls and top with icing, syrup or frosting for an appealing dessert.

      The Whimsical Bakehouse; Kaye Hansen and Liv Hansen
    
      LaBelle Cuisine; Patti LaBelle and Laura Randolph
    
      Concise Encyclopedia of Foods and Nutrition; Audrey H. Ensminger et al.