Chocolate Carrot Cake Recipe For Easter Day 2024

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This chocolate carrot cake is a soft, moist chocolate loaf cake with grated carrots inside and a thick chocolate glaze on top. It only takes a few simple items, and you don't even need a mixer!

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Chocolate Carrot Cake – 1¼ cups all purpose flour – 1 teaspoon baking powder – ½ teaspoon baking soda – 1½ teaspoon cinnamon – ½ teaspoon salt – ⅓ cup dutch process cocoa powder or unsweetened cocoa powder – ⅔ cup granulated sugar – ⅓ cup brown sugar light or dark, packed – ¼ cup unsalted butter melted – ¼ cup vegetable oil – 2 large eggs room temperature – 2 teaspoons vanilla extract – 1⅓ cups grated carrots about 3 medium carrots, use up to 1½ cups of grated carrot – ¾ cup chocolate chips semisweet or dark, divided Chocolate Glaze – ½ cup powdered sugar – 2 tablespoons dutch process cocoa powder or unsweetened cocoa powder – ¼ teaspoon cinnamon optional – 2 tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk, use 2-4 tablespoons til – ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

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Carrot Chocolate Cake  Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with baking spray on all sides and bottom. Prepare pans with parchment. Spray baking spray on parchment. Heat oven to 350 F.  

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Instructions

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Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium basin. Set aside. Whisk melted butter, oil, and sugars in a large bowl. 

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Add eggs, then vanilla. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just mixed. Mix in grated carrots and ½ cup chocolate chips.  

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Place the mixture in the loaf pan and top with the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips.  

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Bake for 42–50 minutes or until a toothpick put into the centre comes out clean. Put pan on wire rack.  

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Remove cake from pan after 20 minutes of cooling. Cool thoroughly on the rack. Top the cake with glaze when it cools. 

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Chocolate Glaze  Mix powdered sugar, salt, and cinnamon in a medium basin. Mix in heavy cream. 

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If too thick, add heavy cream. Add powdered sugar if the glaze is too thin. It should spread but not runny. Spread or pour it on cooled cake. 

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