Carrot Bread

5 from 27 votes

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!

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Prep Time:15

Cook Time:1

Total Time:1 15

Servings: 10 slices

Equipment

9x5 loaf pan
parchment paper

Ingredients

1 cup white 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 sweetened shredded coconut

Cream cheese frosting

4 ounces cream cheese, brick style
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1 pinch salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

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

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Author: Sue Moran

Keyword: carrot cake, easter, loaf cake, quick bread, spring

Nutrition

Calories: 505 kcal · Carbohydrates: 55 g · Protein: 5 g · Fat: 33 g · Saturated Fat: 21 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 54 mg · Sodium: 307 mg · Potassium: 171 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 42 g · Vitamin A: 3515 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 40 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.