The Best Carrot Cake

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This is the BEST carrot cake recipe. It has been tested and redone to make it perfectly moist, seasoned with just the right amount of warm spices, and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting.

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STEP 1: Mix the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger together.

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STEP 2: Mix the oil, brown sugar, sugar, sour cream, buttermilk, freshly grated carrots, eggs, and vanilla together.

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STEP 3: Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Pour the batter into two 8-inch cake pans.

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STEP 4: Bake the cakes for 22-25 minutes at 350°F. Let them cool.

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STEP 5: Beat butter and cream cheese. Mix in powdered sugar, half at a time. Then add vanilla.

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STEP 6: Separate out some frosting to dye orange and green. Frost the top of the first cake layer and place the second on top.

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STEP 7: Frost the rest of the cake. Then, use the orange and green frosting to pipe carrots onto the cake.

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