carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Name: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup(s) cooking oil (i use canola); 2 cup(s) sugar; 4 large eggs; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon(s) black walnut flavoring; 2 cup(s) self-rising flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 3 cup(s) shredded carrots; 1 can(s) crushed pineapple, 20 ounce size, well drained (reserve about 1/2 cup of the juice and set aside); 1 cup(s) black walnuts; ## PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 1 package(s) cream cheese, softened (8 ounce size); 1/2 cup(s) butter, softened; 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1 pound(s) confectioners' sugar; reserved pineapple juice

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Elaine Bovender

Wilmington, NC

Updated on May 4, 2019

This recipe is based on a recipe that my MIL gave to me about 45 years ago when I was a new bride. It was my hubby's favorite and she wanted to make sure that I could make it. I've tweaked it over the years with a few additions. It's a deliciously moist cake with lots of flavor. Enjoy!

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Carrot cake made for Civil Servant's Sunday dinner at Silver Lake Baptist Church, 5/5/19

prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 12 to 15, depending on serving size

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups cooking oil (i use canola)
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon black walnut flavoring
2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups shredded carrots
1 can crushed pineapple, 20 ounce size, well drained (reserve about 1/2 cup of the juice and set aside)
1 cup black walnuts
PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 package cream cheese, softened (8 ounce size)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 pound confectioners' sugar
reserved pineapple juice

How To Make carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour tube or bundt pan and set aside.

Step 2

Whisk together self-rising flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and set aside.
Step 3

Beat together oil and sugar until well mixed. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flavorings and mix well.
Step 4

Add flour mixture a little at a time and mix until well incorporated (batter will be stiff). By hand, stir in carrots, pineapple and nuts.
Step 5

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until cake tests done (in my oven it takes only about an hour). Allow to cool and carefully remove from pan. Frost cooled cake with pineapple cream cheese frosting (recipe directions to follow). Optional: Garnish with more black walnuts, if desired.
Step 6

For the Frosting: Beat together cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Add confectioner's sugar a little at a time. Add reserved pineapple juice a little at a time and beat until frosting reaches spreading consistency. If frosting is too thin, just beat in some more confectioner's sugar.
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