Best Carrot Cake Ever. Really.

• 2 cups flour all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 5/8 cup sugar
• 6 5/8 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 vanilla sugar sachet of, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 7 1/8 tablespoons applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 3 3/16 cups carrots grated
• 1 cup walnuts optionnal
• 3 1/2 tablespoons softened butter
• 5/8 cup cream cheese
• 7/8 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt

1. Peel and wash the carrots before grated them. Set aside.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon. Then mix them.
3. Make a well in the center and add the sugar, oil , applesauce and eggs before mixing everything until homogenization of the dough.
4. Finally add the grated carrots and walnuts and mix one last time.
5. In a oiled and floured oiled and floured, tip the dough (which will be pretty dense) and place in the oven ( preheated to 180 u0b0 C 350 u0b0 F ) for ~40min prick the cake with a clean knife to check for doneness. It must be very slightly "dirty" to stop the oven and cook the cake out, alone *don't worry, it work!*
6. When the cake comes out of the oven, let it sit for ~10 minutes for him to finish his cooking and cool down at the same time.
7. Meanwhile, mainly during baking carrot cake, make the icing of the cake.
8. To do this, place the softened butter , icing sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and mix together 3 minutes.
9. When finished, place the frosting in the fridge. Then wait for the carrot cake is slightly cold for her cream cheese frosting and finally put in the fridge.
10. You can finally enjoy this wonderful carrot cake at any time of the day !!

flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, ground cinnamon, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla sugar sachet, applesauce, eggs, carrots, walnuts, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla, salt

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Best-carrot-cake-ever_-Really_--1210846 (may not work)