Carrot Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: Carrot Cake:
3 c unbleached all-purpose flour
3 c granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 c corn oil
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 c chopped walnuts
1 1/2 c shredded coconut
1 1/3 c cooked pureed carrots
3/4 c drained crushed pineapple
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
6 tbsp. sweet butter at room temperature
2 c confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
juice of 1/2 lemon(optional but great)
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Directions:Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease two 9-inch layer cake pans lined with parchment paper or wax paper.
- Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in walnuts, coconut, carrots and pineapple.
- Pour batter into the prepared pans. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, until edges have pulled away from sides and cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool n cake rack for 3 hours. Fill cake and frost sides with cream cheese frosting. Dust top with confectioners' sugar.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Cream together cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl.
- Slowly sift in confectioners' sugar and continue beating until fully incorporated. Mixture should be free of lumps.
- Stir in vanilla, and lemon juice if you use it.
Frosting for a 2-layer cake.
10-12 Portions |
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Time:Prep Time: 2 hours Total Time: 5 hours |
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Notes: MOIST and YUMMY! The cooked, pureed carrots really make this cake moist. I have a real issue with disgustingly sweet frostings so I tend to reduce the confectioners' sugar in frosting recipies to half and then work up to what tastes good to me. The original recipe started with 3 cups of confectioners' sugar. You may want to start with 1 1/2 cups and work up. I was given the original recipe about 20 years ago by a co-worker who had brought the cake into an event. The copy of the page doesn't show the book name so I can't give them credit.
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