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Carrot Bundt Cake

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings:12

Equipment

  • 1 10-inch Bundt pan
  • 1 Stand mixer

Ingredients

Cake ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
  • 1 cup carrots, shredded and dried with paper towel
  • 1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped

Glaze ingredients

Instructions 

Cake instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. Butter and flour one standard 10-inch Bundt pan. Set aside.
  • In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars on medium-high for 4 minutes. Change to medium speed and drizzle the oil into the bowl. Once incorporated, turn the mixer back to medium-high for another 2 minutes.
  • Add eggs one at a time, briefly mixing the batter on medium-low until smooth and scraping the bowl after adding each egg. Add vanilla, and briefly mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Spoon and level the flours to get an accurate measurement.
  • With the mixer on low speed, add a third of the flour mixture to the mixing bowl. Immediately follow with half the buttermilk, then another third of the flour mixture, and the second half of the buttermilk. Finish with the remaining flour mixture. Keep the mixer on low speed so the flour and buttermilk do not splash out of the bowl. Scrape the bowl, making sure any dry ingredients trapped at the bottom are incorporated.
  • Add the shredded carrots, chopped nuts, and shredded coconut, and mix briefly until these ingredients are evenly distributed in the batter.
  • Pour the batter evenly into the prepared Bundt pan and place in the oven. Start assessing the cake at 40 minutes. It may take longer than 40 minutes, so watch closely. If the cake is jiggly, it is not done and needs a few more minutes. When a long skewer, knife, or toothpick inserted comes out clean, the cake is done.
  • Cool the cake for 10 minutes before turning it out. Place cake on wire rack to finish cooling.

Glaze instructions

  • To make the glaze, whisk a tub of Cheryl's Vanilla Buttercream Frosting with a tablespoon of milk. If the glaze is too thick, add milk 1 teaspoon at a time, until achieving the desired consistency. Once the cake is fully cooled, drizzle the glaze over the Bundt, letting the icing run down the sides and into the center hole of the cake.
    a photo of carrot bundt cake with drizzling glaze