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Easy Carrot Cake Bread

May 21 2020      Ashley      39 Comments

Carrot cake bread

I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately and trying different recipes on my family. I love any kind of sweet bread from lemon loaf to banana walnut bread and everything in between. I’m also a lover of any kind cake, especially Carrot Cake. I make a 4-layer Carrot Cake with white chocolate buttercream icing that is AMAZING. So when I came across this recipe for Carrot Cake Bread I had to try it. It was so easy to make and because I love baking, all of the ingredients are things we have on hand in our home daily.

This was my first time making this and it came out AMAZING. I modified the original recipe a bit to our likening.

Ingredients

For The Bread

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 1/4 c. gluten-free all-purpose baking flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp. Allspice
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 c. granulated sugar
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1 c. canola oil
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 c. grated carrots
  • 1/2 c. raisins
  • 1 c. toasted chopped pecans

For The Frosting

  • 4 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 2 tbsp. butter softened
  • 1 c. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 c. toasted chopped pecans

How To Make It

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9″-x-5″ loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. 
  2. In a large bowl whisk eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. While whisking, slowly pour in oil until well combined, then add vanilla. Stir dry ingredients into wet until just combined. Fold in carrots, raisins, and 1 cup of the pecans. 
  3. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, make frosting: In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and ¼ teaspoon salt and beat until smooth. 
  5. Spread frosting over loaf and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

This bread is so delicious, moist & comes out light and fluffy and making it is less time consuming than an actual carrot cake. It’s perfect for an after dinner dessert and also gifting. You can even eat it as a breakfast bread by just omitting the frosting.

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  1. paolo says

    May 21 2020 at 10:10 AM

    Wow this looks so delicious and easy to make! i love that you use gluten free flour. Cant wait to try your recipe this weekend

    Reply
  2. paolo says

    May 21 2020 at 10:11 AM

    Wow this looks so delicious and easy to make! i love that you use gluten free flour. Cant wait to try your recipe this weekend. Thanks you for this

    Reply
  3. Surekha says

    May 21 2020 at 1:34 PM

    That looks so good! I’ve never had carrot cake bread before, BUT I love carrot cake. I have to make this!

    Reply
  4. chad says

    May 21 2020 at 4:44 PM

    I can’t wait to make it!!! This looks so so good…I love carrot cakes so much, my love adooores them.

    Reply
    • Surabhi says

      May 22 2020 at 10:11 PM

      Looks yummy!

      Reply
  5. Lynn says

    May 21 2020 at 8:20 PM

    Mmm this looks delicious! I have never had carrot cake bread before!

    Reply
  6. Brianna Steele says

    May 21 2020 at 8:34 PM

    This looks so delicious!! And so easy too!!

    Reply
  7. Bella says

    May 21 2020 at 10:42 PM

    omg carrot cake is my fav!!! I totally need to try nd make a gluten free vegan version of this! thanks for sharing this

    Reply
  8. the joyous living says

    May 21 2020 at 11:06 PM

    nice recipe. the bread/cake looks really good. i am so glad you do not use coconut. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Milaya says

    May 22 2020 at 12:54 AM

    I love carrot cake, I can’t wait to try this new recipe!

    Reply
  10. Emjhay says

    May 22 2020 at 2:45 AM

    I learn a new thing each day and I can say this is amazing! I shall definitely try this recipe

    Reply
  11. Jordan says

    May 22 2020 at 4:58 AM

    Omg, looks yummy! Perfect thing to make during quarantine!

    Reply
  12. Marie Phillips says

    May 22 2020 at 6:56 AM

    I love carrot cake and sweet breads so this has to be a winner at my house! I printed it up.

    Reply
  13. Steven Morrissette says

    May 22 2020 at 7:32 AM

    Oh wow, It does look easy to realize, and it looks so delectable. I’m going to have to make one for my dad he is the carrot cake guy in the family.

    Reply
  14. Cyndi Buchanan says

    May 22 2020 at 8:14 AM

    This looks delicious! I love carrot cake!

    Reply
  15. aisasami says

    May 22 2020 at 8:16 AM

    Wow, thank you so much for this recipe! I would love to make this as I miss carrot cake!

    Reply
  16. Erin says

    May 22 2020 at 8:45 AM

    This would be perfect for a good easter gathering

    Reply
  17. Rose ann sales says

    May 22 2020 at 9:04 AM

    We’re always baking carrot bread, but we never try carrot cake im going to try this i just need to add some ingridients to make this.

    Reply
  18. Marysa says

    May 22 2020 at 9:43 AM

    What a great idea! I love carrot cake, and this sounds like a delicious bread. We have been baking a lot lately and I would love to make this with the kids.

    Reply
  19. WorldInEyes says

    May 22 2020 at 10:08 AM

    Yum it looks so tasty and delicious.. Carrots are one of mine fav ever and cake i just love them….now its a completely new one for me..Thanks for sharing…

    Reply
  20. Ave says

    May 22 2020 at 12:15 PM

    What a great idea to make a carrot cake bread instead of the usual carrot cake. I have baked tons of banana bread lately but have to give this carrot cake one a try too. I really like that it’s so easy to make.

    Reply
  21. Krysten Quiles says

    May 22 2020 at 1:06 PM

    I need this in my mouth RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND. It looks SO GOOD.

    Reply
  22. Trot.World (Harshi & Aman) says

    May 22 2020 at 3:02 PM

    We have been craving some cake so looks like we found just the recipe to try out this weekend.

    Reply
  23. Celebrate Woman Today says

    May 22 2020 at 6:03 PM

    You make this recipe shine, GRL. Looks delish, and the recipe is easy to follow.

    Reply
  24. tweenselmom says

    May 22 2020 at 7:07 PM

    This quarantine has given me all the time I need to bake, thanks for this recipe! The whole family loves carrot cake.

    Reply
  25. India says

    May 22 2020 at 8:01 PM

    Ohhh…gluten free carrot cake bread?! It looks so good!!

    Reply
  26. Emman Damian says

    May 22 2020 at 8:04 PM

    I can bake this on weekends! Thanks for the recipe. It sounds so simple to do.

    Reply
  27. Fatima Torres says

    May 22 2020 at 9:13 PM

    Carrot is one of my favorite flavors. This carrot cake bread would be delicious to try over the weekend

    Reply
  28. Dreams Abroad says

    May 22 2020 at 11:47 PM

    This Carrot bread looks wonderful. The recipe is very easy and delicious.

    Reply
  29. Papa jack says

    May 23 2020 at 1:28 AM

    I think I have a new recipe to follow. I love cakes and we were starting to love cooking through out this lockdown. I will take note of this recipe and instructions.

    Reply
  30. Deb B. says

    May 23 2020 at 3:31 AM

    I LOVE carrot cake but I’ve never even tried to make it myself. I’m excited to try this with my daughter. It’s not as complicated as I thought it would be and it looks SO good!

    Reply
  31. Jackline A says

    May 23 2020 at 2:21 PM

    That carrot cake looks good. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

    Reply
  32. Renata says

    May 23 2020 at 3:23 PM

    That looks really good – I never tried carrotcake or bread before 🙂

    Reply
  33. Shannon Gurnee says

    May 24 2020 at 6:25 PM

    I love carrot cake, but have never had it in the form of bread. This looks like a delicious recipe!

    Reply
  34. Mindspeaks says

    May 26 2020 at 6:42 AM

    I have tried making carrot pudding but not cake. But this post makes me want to bake a carrot cake. Thanks for a great recipe.

    Reply
  35. Clarice says

    May 26 2020 at 8:14 AM

    Wow! This looks really good. Love that you decided to top it with pecans which is my favorite. Would love to try this next Saturday. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

    Reply
  36. Jessica says

    May 27 2020 at 8:12 PM

    Ohh this sounds and looks so good. And so easy to make. I might try this with my kids over summer break

    Reply
  37. Shayla says

    May 30 2020 at 1:43 PM

    Carrot Cake is one of my favorite foods, I love that it is sweet but still nutritious. This looks super good!

    Reply
  38. Elizabeth O says

    June 6 2020 at 6:59 AM

    I love Carrot cake too and this looks amazing. I have tried making it in the past and ended up eating too much. Yourd looks delish.

    Reply

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