Carrot Cake with Bacon

Carrot Cake with Bacon

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 2 hr45 min

Servings: 8-10

Ingredients

  • 4 ½ cups flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ½ ground nutmeg
  • 3 sticks butter
  • 2 cups light brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 ½ cups grated carrot
  • 1 package Sugardale bacon
  • 2 packages cream cheese
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and place bacon on the foil. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until crispy. When done, remove from oven and chop.
  2. Wash, peel, and grate carrots.
  3. Place the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a bowl. Mix.  In another mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla. Mix.
  4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir together. Fold in the carrots.
  5. Turn the oven down to 350. Pour the batter into 4 round cake pans and evenly fill. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until done.
  6. Cool and place into the refrigerator for 2 hours. While the cake cools, combing the butter and cream cheese for the frosting. Add in the powdered sugar. Combine well. Remove a portion of the frosting into a separate bowl. Mix in the chopped bacon. (This is the frosting for between the layers)
  7. Spread bacon cream cheese frosting between each of the layers of cake. Use the remaining cream cheese frosting to frost the sides and top of the cake. Garnish with extra bacon.
  8. Serve.

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