Best Carrot Cake
By
Aneisha DeArman
@Showmans_wifey
8
Blue Ribbon Recipe
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!
The Test Kitchen
Ingredients
-
PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
-
1 1/2 tsppineapple juice
-
2 cpowered sugar or confectioners' sugar
-
1/2 cbutter, softened (1 full stick)
-
1 tspvanilla extract
-
16 ozcream cheese, softened
-
CARROT CAKE
-
2 call-purpose flour
-
2 csugar
-
1 tspbaking soda
-
1 tspsalt
-
1/2 tspbaking powder
-
2 tspcinnamon
-
1/2 tspnutmeg
-
1 pinchallspice, ground
-
4eggs
-
1/2 cvegetable oil
-
1 capplesauce, unsweetened
-
3 ccarrots, grated
-
1 cwalnuts, chopped
-
8 1/2 ozpineapples, crushed
-
1/4 cgolden raisins
-
1/4 craisins
-
1/4 ccoconut, flaked
-
·Crisco spray with flour
How to Make Best Carrot Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.