Simply The Best Carrot Cake.
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| Category: | Cakes |
| Keywords: | Carrot, cakes, best |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Prep Time: | 25 Min |
| Cook Time: | 45 Min |
Ingredients
| 4 | eggs at room temperature |
| 2 c | unrefined cane sugar |
| 2 c | all-purppose unbleached flour,presifted |
| 3 tsp | ground cinnamon |
| 1 tsp | each: soda and baking powder |
| 1/4 tsp | each: salt and nutmeg |
| 2 c | carrots,finely grated(about 2 large carrots) |
| 1 c | vegetable oil |
| 1/2 c | sweet butter,melted and cooled Visit GoBoldWithButter.com
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| 1/2 c | pineapple chuncks,drained well and cut up |
| 2 tsp | pure vanilla extract |
| 1/2 c | golden raisins,plumped in some hot water or apple cider |
| 1/2 c | pecans, in pieces(optional) |
Jane Farrer
Lightly Salted
Fremont California, CA
SisJane
Member Since Mar 2011
Jane's Notes:
This is simply the best carrot cake recipe and i can not really add much to this!The frosting recipe makes a generous ammount of frosting and who does not love that? Enjoy!Let me know what you think!
This is simply the best carrot cake recipe and i can not really add much to this!The frosting recipe makes a generous ammount of frosting and who does not love that? Enjoy!Let me know what you think!
Directions
In a large bowl combine:eggs,sugar,oil,melted butter and vanilla extract.Beat well.
In another bowl combine: presifted flour,cinnamon,baking powder,soda,salt and nutmeg.Whisk all together./or sift all throught a sifter.
Gently incorporate the dry ingridients in to the wet ones.
Fold in the presoaked raisins,grated carrots,and the cut up pineapple chunks./pineapple should be cut in to small bite size pieces and drained very well/.
Pour the batter in to two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350' for 45 min,test with a toothpick. Cool for 15 min,run the knife arround the edge of pans,invert in to cooling racks.
For frosting:
whip together- 1/2 cup soft butter/one stick/,
1 1/2 package soft cream cheese;gradually beat in 1 LB. powdered cane sugar and 2tsp.pure vanilla extract.Whip till fluffy!Frost the cake layers,sides and top.
Chill the cake for 3 hours before serving or better yet through the night.
whip together- 1/2 cup soft butter/one stick/,
1 1/2 package soft cream cheese;gradually beat in 1 LB. powdered cane sugar and 2tsp.pure vanilla extract.Whip till fluffy!Frost the cake layers,sides and top.
Chill the cake for 3 hours before serving or better yet through the night.
I love the looks of your frosting.....gona have to make this one.
SAVED!!!!! Beautiful job Jane.