Carrot Cake Traditional

Straight from Caroline’s grandmother’s kitchen, this recipe always delights. Four layers full of freshly-grated carrots, a hint of cinnamon, and studded with golden raisins, are generously filled and iced with their famous melt-in-your-mouth cream cheese icing.

When Caroline Ragsdale Reutter served a Southern style 7-layer caramel cake made from an old family recipe at her son’s christening in 1982, little did she know she would soon find herself taking cake orders from as far away as Alaska. Today the Spartanburg, South Carolina, bakery is “Home of the World’s Best Caramel Cake,” baking flavors like chocolate bliss cake, Southern layer caramel cake, and tart coconut lemon cake. One bite of Caroline’s Cakes and you’ll agree Southern girls really do do it best!