Name: 3-Layer Carrot Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Butter, softened - 1 tablespoon; Cooked carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces - 1 pound; All-purpose flour - 3 cups; White sugar - 2 ½ cups; Coarsely chopped walnuts - 1 ½ cups; Unsweetened pineapple, drained - 1 (8 ounce) can; Corn oil - 1 cup; Eggs - 4; Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon; Baking soda - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Cream cheese, at room temperature - 1 pound; Butter, at room temperature - 1 ¼ cups; Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Confectioners' sugar - 5 ⅔ cups

Ingredients for - 3-Layer Carrot Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting

1. Butter, softened 1 tablespoon

2. Cooked carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 pound

3. All-purpose flour 3 cups

4. White sugar 2 ½ cups

5. Coarsely chopped walnuts 1 ½ cups

6. Unsweetened pineapple, drained 1 (8 ounce) can

7. Corn oil 1 cup

8. Eggs 4

9. Ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon

10. Baking soda 1 tablespoon

11. Vanilla extract 1 tablespoon

12. Salt 1 teaspoon

13. Cream cheese, at room temperature 1 pound

14. Butter, at room temperature 1 ¼ cups

15. Lemon juice 1 tablespoon

16. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons

17. Confectioners' sugar 5 ⅔ cups

How to cook deliciously - 3-Layer Carrot Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter three 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with wax paper; grease wax paper with butter.

2 . Stage

Combine cooked carrots, flour, white sugar, walnuts, pineapple, corn oil, eggs, cinnamon, baking soda, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl.

3 . Stage

Pour carrot mixture into a food processor, and blend, working in batches if necessary, until smooth. Divide batter among prepared cake pans.

4 . Stage

Bake cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before inverting onto wire racks to cool completely, about 1 hour.

5 . Stage

Beat cream cheese, 1 1/4 cup butter, lemon juice, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting is smooth.

6 . Stage

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate and spread with 1/4 of the frosting. Place a second cake layer on top of the first; spread 1/4 of the frosting on top. Place third cake layer on top; frost top and sides with remaining 1/2 of the frosting.