The Simple Recipe You Need: Carrot Cake For Two

The Simple Recipe You Need: Carrot Cake For Two
Sometimes an entire cake is a bit much - especially if you have a small family or want 'just a taste'.
Today Glen cooks this super moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting just enough for a taste, and not so much that you're eating it all week. Or feeling horrible because you ate a full size cake in one sitting. Glen bakes this carrot cake for two using the mayonnaise method of emulsifying the egg and oil together first... so this is a mayonnaise carrot cake recipe.
Yields 1 - 6" cake.
Ingredients:
Cake:
60 mL (¼ cup) neutral oil
60 mL (¼ cup) white sugar
60 mL (¼ cup) brown sugar
1 large egg
2 mL (½ tsp) cinnamon
2 mL (½ tsp) nutmeg
¼ tsp (1 mL) allspice
2 mL (½ tsp) pure vanilla extract
125 mL (½ cup) packed grated carrot
125 mL (½ cup) flour
2 mL (½ tsp) baking powder
60 mL (¼ cup) chopped pecans
Icing:
85g (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
30 mL (2 Tbsp) butter, softened
90 mL (6 Tbsp) powdered sugar
2 mL (½ tsp) pure vanilla extract
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350°F).
Grease a 6" round cake pan.
Whisk together the egg and oil.
Whisk in the sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and vanilla and beat another minute.
Beat in the carrot until well combined.
Combine the flour and baking powder then stir into the carrot mixture until just combined.
Stir in the pecans at this point or save them for the icing… up to you.
Pour the batter into the pan, and bake for about 25 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool completely on a wire rack before icing it.
Icing:
Cream together everything until light and fluffy.
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[@coreymcdonald7745]

I love when Glen enjoys something so much that Julie has to step in and do his out-tro.

[@capsel22]

Please more Cake For Two videos. We absolutely love them

[@noelwade]

I love 'em too, but I'm afraid of what will happen to my (already large) waistline if I buy a 6" cake tin and Glen keeps making these videos! 😛

[@cindys.w.8566]

You just have to 1/2 any recipe its not hard to do ;-) use simple math!!!

[@scruppydoo]

I love how when you make a mistake you share it with us and don’t pretend like it didn’t happen. Gives us amateurs reassurance that it’s okay to make mistakes

[@CR0SBO]

I've been gradually increasing the amount of carrot I put into my cakes over the years. I recon that the ratio in a standard cake today has been brought way down from when you wanted to extend a batter with a cheap root, and I've found I really like even triple the called for carrot weight. Have to wring it out a touch because otherwise it's just too wet, but it means I can let myself have an even larger slice because it's obviously more healthy. Tasty too, which is the important bit

[@robviousobviously5757]

a serving of vegetables... health food actually... 🥕🎂

[@kevinhamilton1211]

My grandmother used to say she had a secret method making her carrot cake. Turned out she tired of grating the carrot so she switched to using carrot baby food. What you got was the most moist carrot cake I ever had. Delicious!

[@rjnilmandir]

Had a friend years ago confess that this was the secret to their apple cake was baby food. I've never thought about it being used in other cakes.

[@itzel1735]

Good reminder. There was a while there that baby food was all the rage in baking. I think it at the start of the fat free craze and was a substitute for oil in cakes and muffins.

[@murlthomas2243]

I remember a plum cake when I was growing up that used baby food. It was great!

[@CharlottePrattWilson]

You could cook carrots first and then just mash them. 😊

[@vlmellody51]

Thanks for the tip; I'm going to give it a try!

[@stago6019]

Definitely would be happy to see that refined spiced "blondie" recipe hit the feed someday. Never had any kind before and itd sure be a way to start!

[@georgH]

Your videos are so much more than just a recipe, it's all the story, the process, the mistakes, the tasting. Thank you, Glen, for keeping making videos like this :)

[@marycarolyn1293]

I wish Glen would write a cookbook of his favorites!

[@leslieherring381]

Ginger is really good in carrot cake. My husband really loves ginger, so I add both ground ginger, plus grated fresh ginger. That's his favorite birthday cake.

[@douglasfur3808]

Makes mayonnaise and talks at the same time. Impressive.

[@markphillips7538]

Spiced Carrot Blondies sound like they would be a hit. I love seeing an accident inspire a new take on an old favorite.

[@johnlittle8975]

"Spiced carrot blondie" and this is how new recipes happen. I'll be waiting for it.

[@1960genius]

I just made this cake. I've watched the video 3 times!! It is absolutely DELICIOUS!! Thank you Glen and Jules!

[@RalinaPerene]

For an even more moist cake and better texture, I add crushed pineapple.

[@robviousobviously5757]

definitely need a carrot blondie recipe

[@katherineparry6802]

Spiced carrot blondie??!!! Yes, please!!!!!

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

I love how your research branches into related recipes. I also appreciate that you whisked by hand, probably because the batter is not very big. Oooooo, I hope you make a video of the carrot blondies!

[@speedoverall]

Can you do another channel of just bloopers, gags, and humor. I don't know if others would like it. I am sure I would love it. Glen you have quite a dry humor.

[@kathleenkline4622]

I'd toss in a few raisins too.

[@roxanne533]

Maybe pineapple tidbits too

[@itzel1735]

@@roxanne533 Very very well drained, but yes. 💯

[@bcd4562]

I was thinking the same about raisins. We like them too.

[@queenbee3647]

Raisins and pecans are a must in my version.

[@michele7944]

Glen, I’m all for you making a carrot blondie recipe👍

[@groermaik]

Glen AND Julie dance! Must be a great cake.

[@lydiamashcka4362]

When you dropped that sugar in I thought 'boy that's a lot of sugar for that little cake'

[@misslazybones]

Ever since your first Cake For Two recipe, I've been making it and it's a favourite! I've used apples, bananas, pumpkin, raisins... it's such a versatile little cake and the size is perfect for us. Can't wait to try carrot!

[@ninabarlevypsy.d.6071]

Yay! So happy to see another cake for two! Thank you, Glen!!

[@elaine8477]

Was going to make a veggie side with carrots and broccolini, but saw this and made carrot cake instead to go with dinner. It was a huge hit!

[@gingertunstall7739]

I love this! Thanks so much. I hope you will do more "small" desserts.

[@berean65]

I added a little bit of drained crushed pineapple to my carrot cake.

[@patriciawight779]

Made this cake tonight and can’t wait to frost it and have a little taste. I doubled the recipe so I could bake two and put one unfrosted cake in the freezer. Thanks for the recipe and demonstration.

[@supergimp2000]

Standing by for spiced carrot blondies!

[@321southtube]

It's always a special treat when someone brings a carrot cake...especially with a little extra frosting. This one looks so good....Thanks so much

[@microtasker]

Had a store bought carrot cake over Thanksgiving. Not happy. I will be trying this recipe out for sure.

[@pauldi7268]

Yes please to the carrot and spice blondie!

[@SanJacintoArtGuild]

When my youngest daughter was 8 she used a packaged mix to make gingerbread. She read 1 1/4 cups of water as 11/4 cups of water. She baked it an hour and a half, until the toothpick came out clean. Cook time on the package was 20 to 25 minutes. What she ended up with more of a ginger pudding. It was still tasty and we ate it all!

[@Lashrath]

if you used apple it would get pretty close to the Irish apple cake... (though that one uses bigger chunks but a very close flavour profile)

[@FaerieDust]

Oh yay, another mini cake! I love these recipes, they're so very convenient. I didn't even realise how much I've missed carrot cake until I saw this, but I'll definitely have to pick up some carrots next time I'm at the store...

[@cindys.w.8566]

Make a full recipe, make 2 mini's freeze one... hello!

[@dheisey1014]

I like to add dried cranberries in lieu of half the nuts.

[@debjordan4399]

Wow! Thank you for letting us know about the sugar mistake. I did the same thing sort of when I recently made a carrot cake and I couldn't figure out why it did that. That is exactly what I got too.

[@jackiecole948]

I have a kid who can't eat dairy or cane sugar. Somehow, I stumbled upon blending egg with oil then adding my honey or maple syrup to this. Then the oatmilk. Then I add any fruit or nuts I am using and the dry ingredients. I have used this as a base for apple cinnamon cake, chocolate cake, carrot cake, white cake, ginger cake. It's all in the method...Right Glen ;-). No measurements, just going by heart and feel. Yes, sometimes it fails...but sometimes I create something incredible I can never reproduce. This method almost always works for me.

[@catshitonthecarpet8520]

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon! :)

[@kbjerke]

I love carrot cake, but never think to ask my wife to make it! LOL She does bake excellent banana bread, though! Thanks for the video! I hope she'll try this recipe!

[@motherofone1]

High school Home-Ec....Mayo cakes, sauerkraut cakes, sour cream cakes. If my teacher could think it up, we baked it. Funny thing is I don't think she did. I'm pretty sure she got her recipes from outside the classroom requirements. In case you are wondering this goes all the way back to the mid 70's. I'm still searching for the lemon souffle recipe we made back then. I lost all of my school recipes when I moved out on my own. By the time I got back home to look for them they were gone. We made one heck of a pizza sauce too. So yeah, mid 70's home-ec. lol Enjoy!!!😉

[@jandkhilbert]

I add a 1 tblsp of sour cream to the frosting

[@jayjayjayjay]

Could you do a video comparing like 3 or 4 root vegetable cakes? Make it the same length video, but more length for the tasting side.

[@GrizzAxxemann]

I have got to find me some small cake pans like that. Or even smaller ones so I can cut the recipes in half, since I live alone and my cat isn't a fan of carrot cake.

[@johnboyland3616]

I am 100% in on a carrot blondie!

[@ic1815]

Thanks for including the pan size in the directions! I shall have to buy a 6” cake pan.

[@adelechicken6356]

Or maybe bake it in a loaf pan.

[@murlthomas2243]

I love carrot cake! Thanks for the scaled down recipe!

[@daltonidaho]

Looks fantastic! 🤤

[@crystalwright1504]

I love all of these adventures that we get to go on with you. That looks delicious!!

[@amyeagleton697]

This looks really good, definitely worth trying!

[@AmRealityInc]

Gonna do this tomorrow!

[@AlanDayley]

Great story of the spiced, carrot blondie! Thanks for sharing the "failure."

[@marilyn1228]

One of my favourite cakes! Thank you!!

[@bodnica]

Thank you!

[@marieokamoto5803]

I’ll be coming back for the spiced carrot blondies recipe, but this will do nicely until then. 😊

[@connie9963]

Carrot and banana goes great together💗

[@anthonydolio8118]

Thank you.

[@michaelstevens1027]

Made this tonight. It was delicious and perfect size for 2 or 3.

[@adamwelch4336]

The thing is add enough suger and spices to vegetables they become desserts 🎂 carrot cake,pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie, zucchini bread is about the same deal

[@bobreid5079]

I eagerly await the hollandaise cakes.

[@mnoxman]

In place of the nuts you can put in butterscotch chips.

[@cookingwithkooks341]

interesting method!

[@mixturebeatz]

I made it with radishes instead of carrots. It’s good. It’s REALLY good.

[@joantrotter3005]

Same amount of sugar?

[@mixturebeatz]

@@joantrotter3005 yup!

[@lifeisbeautiful_nz]

❤❤❤🥕🥕🥕🍰🍰🍰🍰 The best cake for two. Ever.. Thank you

[@MrJon326]

carrot cake for one if you try hard enough =D thanks glen!

[@susanpinochet]

I'm very interested in the blondie version of this cake.

[@nkb1]

I'm sorry. I'd eat the whole cake by myself. Carrot cake...yum!

[@joannesteven3553]

Same!!!

[@violetwithey4618]

My version of 🥕 cake includes shredded apple. I have made a parsnip spice cake before. We should try squash/pumpkin.

[@rabidsamfan]

I will have to try apple. I am, sadly, allergic to carrots. But it did look good!

[@JohnKelly2]

I'd love a recipe for spiced carrot blondie, please

[@josephkirby1621]

Love u guys😂

[@deb.m.7458]

Looking forward to making this for my family. I’ll call it the $1000 dollar cake recipe :-) Inflation is a b*.

[@wendyontario1058]

As per the recipe, I baked it for 25 minutes at 350F. It seemed finished when it came out of the oven but once we ate it, it clearly wasn't cooked enough. It might be my oven. Next time I'll bake it longer, for sure. It tasted very good, just not cooked enough. I'll be making it again because it is good.

[@cindys.w.8566]

Buy an oven thermometer under $10 and for under 1 penny use a toothpick to test the cake ;-)

[@cathyb4823]

Was 1/2 cup flour enough? Looked like he put more in

[@eringonnerman]

I had to bake for 33 min for it to look done. Haven't cut it yet!

[@danielleduval6681]

Love carrot cake, but i use the coconut frosting from the Queen Elisabeth cake,

[@area4997]

A Canadian donut cake eh?😎

[@debwilliams611]

Very interested in the blonde attempts hope you have success and share soon!!

[@cesarvalle9415]

I made carrot cake yesterday using a similar method. Next time, try making the cake in the blender up until the dry ingredients (beat the eggs, drizzle the oil, add chopped carrots, the spices and sugars(. Then transfer to a bowl and mix the dry ingredients along with the pecans. Make some chocolate sauce (500mL milk, 3 tablespoons sugar and cocoa powder, cook it until it reduces by about half or use a cornstarch slurry then whisk 3 tablespoons of butter) or a loose brigadeiro (1 can condensed milk, 1 tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, cook it on a very low heat until it becomes fudgy) for a Brazilian version of the carrot cake.

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

In a blender like this video from 2017? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpiYpaOEe52Df7M Though I mixed everything in the blender.

[@cesarvalle9415]

@@GlenAndFriendsCooking Yes, pretty much like that. I didn't know you already had tried it. Though I don't do everything on the blender anymore after some cases of overmixing leading to rubbery and tough cakes. Great video by the way, very interesting to see how the video format changes over the years.

[@Traderjoe]

How do you feel about the Japanese kewpie doll mayonnaise style compared with European mayonnaise especially as it could compare to this recipe?

[@jaynebloom9131]

If we double the recipe, would you recommend lengthening the cooking time? How would you test for doneness with this style of cake?

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

Sounds yummy. I don't think there's ever been a spice related cake that didn't make me happy. If your oven was on the fritz (or you just didn't want to heat up the oven for a 6" cake) would you even try to cook it in an electric skillet? I do a lot of things in the skillet.

[@allann.2632]

Great easy recipe, Glen. I was wondering at first why so much sugar for a little cake. I just might try this recipe with purple yam/ube, pairing it nicely with the cream cheese frosting.

[@joantrotter3005]

I put cinnamon butter and chocolate hummus on baked sweet potatoes, so I'm thinking that would be good on sweet potato cake too.

[@SumMagnusVir]

Now i want to try a jicama cake with mango

[@VeretenoVids]

Ooooh! Interesting idea!

[@marcoBiasoneMasterchef]

I've never thought about emulsifying eggs and fats before making a cake. By the way, not sure about the fact that using butter instead of oil wouldn't work, even though quantities would slightly differ. I'm gonna try your recipe out because the result looks outstanding! ;)

[@evelynwaugh4053]

With the richness of the cream cheese frosting, butter in the cake also might be overpowering.

[@moolcool]

Will you ever do a Halifax Style Cheesecake recipe? I've loved them for years, but it seems to have largely had no web-presence at all somehow.

[@itzel1735]

How’s it different?

[@moniquehebert178]

What’s a Halifax style cheesecake? Never heard of it Do you have a recipe?

[@BRIGGS2710]

if I see carrot cake or ginger bread...I click : )

[@susanmoore3013]

Interesting! I'm from Midwest US, if that matters, but I'm used to there also being canned pineapple in carrot cake. 🤔

[@VeretenoVids]

@@RamonaAnne Yes, the carrot cake I grew up with (Midwest US) had raisins and pecans. I tried to like carrot cake with pineapple when I first encountered it, but really didn't like it. I was surprised because I love fresh pineapple.

[@andreamagill7034]

Looks delicious 😋 I will have to make this. Can I ask what size of cake tin you used?

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

6" as listed twice in the recipe in the description box and at the end of th video

[@stephano6793]

Ginger?

[@CharlottePrattWilson]

I never saw such a cute little cake pan.❤

[@violetwithey4618]

Wilton makes the 6 inch ones that I have.

[@CharlottePrattWilson]

@@violetwithey4618 Thank you for that information!

[@meshell2274]

I just made this recipe. Are the measurements of 1/2 c of flour correct??? It seems like it needs more flour to carrot ratio. Was very wet!

[@julieerst9370]

What size pan do you use for these “cakes for two” ?

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

6" as listed twice in the recipe in the description box and at the end of th video

[@kathrynronnenberg1688]

Any root veg? Somehow, I don't think turnip cake would be a winner. This looks great, carrot cake is a favorite. Not being a fan of nuts in cake, I would sub brandy-soaked raisins or some pineapple niblets.

[@figmo397]

Thank you for showing the messed up cake! I was watching you assemble the batter and was thinking "That's an awful lot of sugar in that cake!"

[@kathleenposton2334]

Aannndd, now I have to bully my boys into driving me to Michael's to get a small pan! It's just the three of up now and none of us should be eating a full sized cake.

[@Mossyrock6]

NEEDS RAISINS!!!

[@saveddijon]

ANY root vegetable? I just got a bunch of beets in my biweekly veggie basket. Hmmm..... beet red velvet cake?

[@joantrotter3005]

I found several similar recipes, and white cake ones. Personally, the one with banana and reduced sugar and oil sounds interesting.

[@goodgrieflouiser5807]

I'm thinking I will add a 1/2 cup of raisins to the mix and then it would be perfect. Thanks.

[@goodgrieflouiser5807]

I added the 1/2 cup of raisins and a couple of heaping tablespoons of chopped pecans with a small jar of Beechnut carrot baby food to the recipe and increased the flour from 1/2 cup to 2/3rds of a cup and a little more baking soda and this turned out to be one of the most moist and delicious carrot cakes ever. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I'm going to check out all of your other cakes for two. I really like your channel. Greetings from Texas.😀

[@MrWonderful09]

Why does carrot cake only come with white frosting?

[@MrWonderful09]

Why do they always use white frosting? Why not chocolate ganash?