Loaded Carrot Cake Recipe
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LOADED CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Apr 7, 2012 · Modified: Mar 27, 2023 by Rose Atwater · This post may contain affiliate links · 37 Comments
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This Loaded Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is loaded with fruit, nuts, and coconut. It's so full of flavor and texture - you'll never be able to get enough!
Loaded Carrot Cake on a white plate with pin text
Easter makes me think of Carrot Cake. Is that true for everybody? Maybe it's the whole correlation between Easter Bunny being a rabbit (duh!) and rabbits eat carrots? Yeah, okay, I'm crazy.
But I've been craving carrot cake for the past couple of weeks... and here's what started it...
Several months ago, I was asked to make a from-scratch carrot cake. Specifically, the request was for a Cracker Barrel Carrot Cake.
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Well, honestly guys... I don't eat carrot cake. Or rather I should say, I didn't eat carrot cake.
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I had never made it before and when given a choice at a restaurant, church get-together, or pretty much any other event - it would be near the bottom of the list of desserts I'd choose to eat.
Loaded Carrot Cake
And this recipe? It's got coconut (I don't really like). Raisins (I could live without). And shredded carrots baked into a cake... who wants a shredded vegetable in their cake? Not I.
Until this. With a quick Swagbucks search, I found several "copycat" recipes, so I picked the one from Food.com and gave it a try.
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LOADED CARROT CAKE
Oh my goodness. This cake is fantastic!! I couldn't get enough of it!! I started calling it "loaded" carrot cake because it has so much stuff in it - walnuts and pecans. Pineapple and raisins. Coconut and spices. And of course, lots of fresh grated carrots.
Then of course, there's the smooth, delicious, cream cheese frosting on top. To. Die. For.
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FROSTING ON TOP
The only change I would recommend is this... double the frosting! This is the type cake that you spread the frosting right onto the cake while it's still in the pan (cooled, of course) and when I spread it all out, the cake wasn't even fully covered.
So I made another batch and voila - perfection!!
I also think this Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream would pair really nicely with this carrot cake. Let me know if you try this combo!
I still haven't had carrot cake from Cracker Barrel, but if it tastes like this - I might have to consider ordering it sometime!
Did I miss any details? Do you have any questions about this cake? Please leave them in the comments!
RECIPE
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loaded carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
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Author: Rose Total Time: 1 hour Yield: 20 1x
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This Loaded Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is loaded with fruit, nuts, and coconut. It's so full of flavor and texture - you'll never be able to get enough!
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CAKE INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 ¼ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
¾ cup finely chopped walnuts
2 cups finely shredded carrots
1 cup crushed pineapple (8 oz. can with juice)
½ cup finely shredded coconut
½ cup raisins that have been soaked in water until plump and then drained
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*If you haven't already, pour your raisins into a bowl and cover with water so they'll plump up!
Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, add together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Whisk together.
Set aside.
In separate bowl, use a mixer to combine the vegetable oil, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs. Beat until completely smooth.
Add pineapple, walnuts, coconut, carrots, and raisins and mix on low until incorporated.
Gradually add flour mixture a half at a time until blended through.
Pour batter into a prepared 9×13 inch pan (I use non-stick butter spray) and bake for 35-45 minutes. Cupcakes 20-25
Leave the cake in the pan and when completely cooled, frost with cream cheese frosting. |
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