{"id":6301,"date":"2026-04-29T23:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:34:41","slug":"canadas-best-carrot-cake-with-cream-cheese-icing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=6301","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 cups all purpose flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 cup white sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 cup canola oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups grated carrots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup drained crushed pineapple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Icing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 (8 ounce ) package of cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cup icing sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grease a 9 by 13 cake pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a separate bowl, beat together white sugar, brown sugar, eggs,  oil and vanilla until smooth and pour over the flour mixture and stir until just moistened.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stir in carrots and pineapple and spread into prepared pan,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bake for 40 minutes or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean. Let cool on rack.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ICING: In bowl, beat cream cheese with butter until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add in icing sugar, 1\/3 cup at a time and beat until smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batter can also be baked in 24 lined muffin tins for approximately 22 minutes at 350 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook Icing Directions Tip: Batter can also be baked in 24 lined muffin tins for approximately 22 minutes at 350 degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pies_and_cakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}