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Carrot Bread Recipe

Carrot Bread recipe
The View from Great Island

Carrot Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting is packed with shredded carrots, nuts, and coconut, then iced with a thick layer of everybody's favorite frosting!

Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
3/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
3/4 cup shredded coconut
4 ounces cream cheese
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1 pinch salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Method

1
Preheat oven to 350F and line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
2
Whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, spices, and salt.
3
Add the flour and mix to combine.
4
Fold in the carrots, walnuts, and coconut.
5
Mix until everything is evenly combined, but don't over mix.
6
Spread the batter into your prepared baking pan and even out the top.
7
Bake for about 60-70 minutes until risen and fully cooked.
8
Allow the cake to cool before frosting.
9
To make the cream cheese frosting, add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor.
10
Process briefly until smooth. Scrape down the sides if necessary to get all the dry sugar incorporated.
11
Frost the cooled loaf cake generously.