chocolate carrot cake
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A different and chocolatey way of making carrot cake!
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yield
1 13x9 inch cake
prep time
30 Min
cook time
50 Min
Ingredients For chocolate carrot cake
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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1/2 cwalnuts,chopped
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1/2 craisins
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1/3 cshredded sweetened coconut
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1/3 ccocoa, unsweetened
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1 tspground cinnamon
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspground ginger
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1/4 tspground nutmeg
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1/4 tspsalt
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5 ozmilk chocolate,coarsely chopped
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3 lgeggs, at room temp
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3/4 cfirmly packed brown sugar
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1/2 cvegetable oil
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3 cfinely shredded carrots
- MILK CHOCOLATE FROSTING
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6 ozmilk chocolate,coarsely chopped
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1 pkgcream cheese,softened (8oz)
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2 cconfectioners' sugar
How To Make chocolate carrot cake
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1Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour a 13x9 inch baking pan. Stir together the flour,walnuts,raisins,coconut,cocoa,baking powder,cinnamon,baking soda,ginger,nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl.
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2Melt chocolate in double boiler over barely simmering water. Set aside to cool.
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3Beat the eggs,sugar and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. With mixer at low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the chocolate and carrots.
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4Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool the cake completely in the pan on a rack.
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5Milk Chocolate Frosting: Melt chocolate double boiler over barely simmering water. Set aside to cool. With mixer at medium speed, beat the cream cheese and confectioners sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the melted chocolate. Spread the top of the cake with the frosting.
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