Traditional carrot cake studded with pecans, spread with sweet cream cheese frosting and topped with a layer of salted caramel sauce and sea salt becomes a showstopper dessert for any occasion.
Carrot Cake with Salted Caramel-Cream Cheese Frosting
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 4 hr 15 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups coarsely shredded peeled carrots (3 medium)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Frosting
- 12 oz (1 1/2 packages) cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup salted caramel sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Topping
- 1/3 cup salted caramel sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of four 8-inch round cake pans with shortening.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cake mix, milk, melted butter, eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in carrots and pecans. Spoon and spread batter evenly in pans (about 1 1/4 cups batter each).
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Step3Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack; cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4In large bowl, beat cream cheese and softened butter with electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Beat in 1/4 cup caramel sauce and the vanilla. On low speed, beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth and creamy.
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Step5Frost cake using 2/3 cup between layers. Frost sides with a thin layer of frosting so sides are covered but still showing through. Spread remaining frosting on top. Refrigerate uncovered at least 2 hours.
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Step6When ready to serve, carefully pour and spread 1/3 cup caramel sauce over top of cake, allowing some to drip down sides; sprinkle sea salt on top. Cover and refrigerate any remaining cake.
Nutrition
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