Carrot Cake with Butter

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This brown butter carrot cake is a layered semi-naked cake. It has three layers of heavily spiced moist carrot cake. Then, it is full of cream cheese frosting.

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STEP 1: Brown the butter. Mix in the brown sugar, sour cream, vanilla, shredded carrots, and eggs.

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STEP 2: Add in the dry ingredients. Pour in three 8 inch cake pans.

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STEP 3: Bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.

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STEP 4: Cream cheese frosting. Beat butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream.

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STEP 5: Spread 1 cup of frosting per cake layer. Frost the cake in the frosting.

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STEP 6: Use the cake scrapper to leave a light layer of frosting for a semi-naked look.

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STEP 7: Top cake with chopped walnuts. OPTIONAL.

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GET THE RECIPE BY CLICKING THE BUTTON BELOW

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