Black Folks Southern Soul Food Carrot Cake Recipes

CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Stir together first 4 ingredients.
• Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• Fold in carrot, pineapple and coconut.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake cake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Drizzle buttermilk glaze over cake and cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Gently remove cake from pan and continue to cool on wire rack.
• Pour cream cheese icing over cake. Slice and serve.
• Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large heavy bottom pot at med-high heat.
• Cook, stirring often for 4 minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
• Using a hand mixer, cream butter, sour cream, vanilla and lemon juice until smooth.
• Gradually add confectioners sugar.
• Add salt and mix until smooth.
• Pour icing around top of cake allowing it to run down the sides.

BLACK FOLKS SOUTHERN SOUL FOOD CARROT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 9-10″ Bundt cake pan and set it aside.
• Mix the vanilla extract, sugar, vegetable oil, egg yolks, and hot water in a medium-sized bowl.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon into a separate mixing bowl.
• Gradually pour the sifted dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredient mixture and electric mix to combine.
• Add the grated carrots and stir in by hand.
• Then add the chopped walnuts and also stir in by hand. The mixture will then become slightly stiff.
• Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until they form stiff peaks. (When you lift up your beater, you want a nice peak that holds its shape and stands straight up.)
• Gently fold the egg whites into the batter until the whites disappear. The mixture will then significantly loosen.
• Pour the batter into the greased and floured cake pan.
• With a close eye on the carrot cake while it's in the oven, bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes in the conventional oven or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. If using the Instant Pot Omni Plus oven, bake at 325 degrees F for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove the carrot cake from the oven and set the cake pan on a baking rack to cool for at least 10 minutes.
• Then carefully turn the cake out of the pan and onto a baker's cooling rack.
• Allow the carrot cake to cool to room temperature for at least 2 hours before optional frosting.
• This Southern Black folks' homemade carrot cake recipe is usually served with homemade cream cheese frosting garnished with finely chopped walnuts. (Frosting instructions below.)
• Add the butter and cream cheese to a large mixing bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the mixture on medium speed for 2 minutes or until stiff.
• Turn the mixer down to low and gradually add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
• Once the ingredients are combined, turn the mixer up to medium and beat for another 2 minutes.
• Spread the cream cheese frosting onto the cooled carrot cake.
• Optionally, garnish with chopped walnuts, crushed walnuts, or carrot cake crumbs.
• Slice, serve, and enjoy!