- prep: 35 min
- cook: 30 min
- total: 1 hr 5 min
Summary
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is simple and delicious. This homemade carrot cake recipe that anyone can make and everyone will love!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 1/4 cup low fat buttermilk
- 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 12 oz light cream cheese (at room temperature)
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 tbsp milk (optional, depending on frosting consistency)
- 1/2 cup sweetened toasted coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 957 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 47 g 72.47%
- Saturated Fat: 16 g 82.19%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 60 mg 20.01%
- Sodium: 603 mg 25.13%
- Calcium: 103 mg 10.3%
- Potassium: 120 mg 3.44%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 7.25%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 132 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 6.26%
- Sugar: 106 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 6 g
- Vitamin A 49.3%
- Vitamin C 1.52%
- Vitamin D 0.06%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs7
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq