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Best Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c all purpose flour
2 t baking soda
2 t ground cinnamon
1/2 t salt
3 large eggs
2 c sugar
3/4 c vegetable oil
3/4 c buttermilk
2 t vanilla extract
2 c grated carrots (about 3 large carrots)
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (3.5 oz) can sweetened flaked coconut
1 c chopped pecans or walnuts
buttermilk glaze and
Cream cheese frosting (Recipes follow)
Directions:
Directions:
Stir together the fist 4 ingredients. Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at med speed with electric mixer until batter is smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrots and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13x9 pan. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes: cover pan loosely with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, and bake 13 more minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over cake:, cool completely in pan. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting evening over cake
Buttermilk glaze: 1 c sugar, 1.5 t baking soda, 1/2 c butter, 1/2 c buttermilk, 1 T light corn syrup, 1 t vanilla extract. Bring 1st 5 ingredients to a boil in a Dutch oven over med-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes or until mixture is golden brown. Removed from heat, and stir in vanilla.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 c softened butter, 1 -8oz pkg cream cheese softened, 1- 3oz cream cheese, softened, 1 16 oz pkg powdered sugar, 1.5 t vanilla extract.
Beat butter and cream cheese at med speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, beat at high speed 10 seconds or until smooth.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
10-12
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
25 minutes then bake 43 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Everyone loves this cake and I always make it at Christmas

 

 

 

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