Best Carrot Cake

Recipe Rating:	7 Ratings4
Category:	Cakes
Keyword:	Carrot
Prep Time:	10 Min
Cook Time:	40 Min

Ingredients

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 1/2 tsp	pineapple juice
2 c	powered sugar or confectioner's sugar
1/2 c	butter, softened (1 full stick)
1 tsp	vanilla extract
16 oz	cream cheese, softened
CARROT CAKE
2 c	flour
2 c	sugar
1 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	salt
1/2 tsp	baking powder
2 tsp	cinnamon
1/2 tsp	nutmeg
1 pinch	allspice, ground
4	eggs
1/2 c	vegetable oil
1 c	applesauce, unsweetened
3 c	carrots, grated
1 c	walnuts, chopped
8 1/2 oz	pineapples, crushed
1/4 c	golden raisins
1/4 c	raisins
1/4 c	coconut, flaked
	crisco spray with flour

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Aneisha Grinton

Lightly Salted

Winston-Salem, NC (pop. 229,617)

Showmans_wifey

Member Since Aug 2010

Aneisha's Notes:

I just made this yesterday and the icing is to die for!!! It is inspired by a cake sold at Wegman's grocery store and an icing I saw on this site.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl.

In a seperate bowl mix oil, applesauce, pineapples, raisins, and coconut.

Add eggs by hand to dry mix 1 by 1.

Then using an electric mixer on low setting to add the wet mix to egg mix.

Then by hand mix in the carrots and walnuts.

Use some crisco spray w/ flour and spray 2 9 inch pans.

Pour batter into the pans

Cook for about 40 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean.

For the icing mix the butter and cream cheese with electric mixer.

Add powdered sugar little by little.

Once the sugar is in add the pineapple juice, then the vanilla extract.

Once the cake has cooled, ice the cake.

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FREDA GABLE cookin4me

Mar 28, 2011

Yuuuuum, Aneisha, This Sounds Absolutely Delicious, Now did you eat it all before we got the Picture :). . . I love seeing the Finished Product.
Thanks Bunches for Sharing this recipe.

Aneisha Grinton Showmans_wifey

Apr 1, 2011

I actually served it and it was gone that night.

LATINA INGELS TINALUVSTOCOOK

May 10, 2011

sounds yummy, what type of flour do you use??

stephanie... steffi

May 21, 2011

This recipe rocks
I can't wait to bring it to church next week.
thanks

Karla Everett Karla59

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kathy steen kjluvdecorating

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

J. Cooper RainSong

Jan 25, 2012

I can't wait to try this recipe, it sound so yummy!

Patti MaCalolooy GldnAura

Mar 16, 2012

I tried this recipe and it tastes like the one my mom used to make. Its really good! Thanx, everyone loved it!

jema williams gem67

Apr 7, 2012

I would try this recipe even though I do a lot of cakes from scratch. The main reason is that of all the carrot cake recipes I looked at on here this has the less oil and guess what it gets 5 stars because there is the ingredients in it that will make up for the oil and it will be moist and not oily.