Carrot cake recipes
Looking for the perfect carrot cake recipe? You’ve come to the right place. These carrot cake recipes include both easy bakes and special-occasion showstoppers:
Simply the best: Make our best-of-the-best carrot cake, packed with nuts and fragrant spices and topped with brown-butter mascarpone frosting. Paul Hollywood’s ultimate carrot cake is filled and topped with classic cream-cheese icing.
Easy carrot cakes: Bake this simple one-layer carrot cake. These nut-free carrot cupcakes are perfect for cake sales, a cuppa with friends or kids’ parties. We’ve also got a vegan carrot cake.
Special occasions: Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin layer cake is the perfect birthday bake. This carrot and cheesecake layer cake topped with edible flowers is wedding worthy.
Want to master more classic bakes? Check out our chocolate cake recipes, ultimate red velvet cake and gorgeous cheesecakes.
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Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
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Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.
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Egg-free baking
Vegan carrot cake
This airy vegan carrot cake gets a lift from flaxseed. Topped with luscious coconut yogurt icing, it's every bit a match for regular versions.
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Celebration cakes
Carrot and cheesecake layer cake
This carrot cake and marbled cheesecake layer cake is a truly spectacular celebration cake that's perfect for birthdays or Easter.
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Spiced carrot halwa cake
Georgina Hayden puts a different spin on a carrot cake with her halwa recipe, spiced with cardomom and topped with brown-sugar buttercream.
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Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake
Eric Lanlard's carrot cake with ginger mascarpone frosting is the perfect birthday cake, Easter treat or celebration centrepiece.
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Nut-free cakes and bakes
Nut-free carrot cupcakes
These nut-free carrot cupcakes are slathered in cream cheese icing. Serve as part of a nut-free afternoon tea or kids' party spread.
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Easy carrot cake
It's always good to have an easy carrot cake recipe up your sleeve. Our simple carrot cake is topped with cream cheese frosting.
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The ultimate carrot cake
Carrot cake with cream cheese icing is a classic afternoon tea treat. We've created the ultimate recipe using dark muscovado sugar and soured cream.
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Classic carrot cake
This classic carrot cake is beautifully spiced with green cardamom pods, cinnamon and allspice, then topped with cream cheese frosting
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Vegetable cakes
Carrot cake
Nothing beats a classic carrot cake recipe made with carrots, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg and a dreamy cream cheese icing.
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Naked cakes
Passion cake
Pineapple, coconut and vanilla provide dreamy tropical flavours in this naked carrot cake recipe – it will be the hero of any afternoon tea.
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Bundt cakes
Carrot bundt cake with honey and cream cheese icing
This gorgeous bundt cake adds a new dimension to the classic carrot cake: it's perfect for afternoon tea, birthdays, and Easter baking.
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Carrot and walnut cake
Ciara Davis's luscious carrot and walnut cake is packed with sultanas and desiccated coconut and covered with zesty lemon cream cheese icing.
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Carrot and parsnip cake with rose frosting
The perfect teatime treat, with an unusual marriage of flavours that works brilliantly. It's pure cake indulgence (and you can thank us later!).
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Paul Hollywood’s ultimate carrot cake
Paul Hollywood's ultimate (but easy!) carrot cake recipe is made with pecan nuts, cinnamon, ginger then topped with a cream cheese frosting.
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