Best Carrot Cake

A Slice Of The Best Carrot Cake On A White Plate.
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Aneisha DeArman

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@Showmans_wifey

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.

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This carrot cake is moist and dense with fruity little gems in every bite. Adding crushed pineapple is a lovely addition to the carrot cake recipe. The frosting is silky smooth and tangy with just a hint of pineapple flavor. This is definitely not your grandma's carrot cake! Test Kitchen Avatar The Test Kitchen


Rating:

★★★★★ 10 votes

Comments:
30 Comments
Serves:
8-10
Prep:
10 Min
Cook:
40 Min
Method:
Bake

Ingredients

  • PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

  • 1 1/2 tsp
    pineapple juice
  • 2 c
    powered sugar or confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened (1 full stick)
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 16 oz
    cream cheese, softened

  • CARROT CAKE

  • 2 c
    all-purpose 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

How to Make Best Carrot Cake

Step-by-Step

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Flour, cinnamon, and other dry ingredients mixed in a bowl.
    Mix flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl.
  3. Oil, applesauce, pineapple, coconuts, and raisins mixed in a bowl.
    In a separate bowl mix oil, applesauce, pineapples, raisins, and coconut.
  4. Slowly add eggs to the batter.
    Add eggs by hand to dry mix 1 by 1.
  5. Combining the dry and wet ingredients together.
    Then using an electric mixer on low setting to add the wet mix to egg mix.
  6. Fold in carrots and nuts.
    Then by hand mix in the carrots and walnuts.
  7. Grease two pans.
    Use some Crisco spray with flour and spray 2 9-inch pans.
  8. Pour batter into pans.
    Pour batter into the pans.
  9. Carrot cakes baking in the oven.
    Cook for about 40 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Mix butter and cream cheese.
    For the icing, mix the butter and cream cheese with electric mixer.
  11. Slowly add powdered sugar.
    Add powdered sugar little by little.
  12. Adding vanilla extract to the frosting.
    Once the sugar is in add the pineapple juice and then the vanilla extract.
  13. The best carrot cake iced with pineapple cream cheese frosting.
    Once the cake has cooled, ice the cake.

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About Best Carrot Cake

Course/Dish: Cakes
Main Ingredient: Flour
Regional Style: American
Collection: Easter
Hashtags: #Carrot #Carrot Cake

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