carrot top's carrot cake

Name: CARROT TOP'S CARROT CAKE
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## COMBINE DRY INGREDIENTS IN A MEDIUM BOWL; 2 cup(s) pastry flour or all purpose flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) kosher salt (or table salt); 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; ## IN A LARGE BOWL, COMBINE EGGS, OIL, BUTTERMILK, SWEETENER, VANILLA; 3 - eggs, beaten; 3/4 cup(s) safflower oil (high in antioxidant vitamin e) or vegetable oil; 3/4 cup(s) buttermilk; 1 cup(s) agave nectar (naturally low glycemic with no additives);or 2 cups of sugar*; 1 can(s) crushed pineapple (drained) 20 oz.can; 2 cup(s) grated organic carrots (coarsely grated); 1 cup(s) chopped walnuts; 2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; ## NOTE: GO READ ONLINE AT WIKIPEDIA ABOUT AGAVE NECTAR* IF OF INTEREST.

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Beth M.

M.V. Island, MA

Updated on Sep 26, 2011

From the time I was a little girl, I was frequently called "Carrot Top". When I was older and got married and had a child with red hair, he got teased and got called "Carrot" by a few people.My oldest brother teased him by saying:"Do you know why your hair is red?" (Answer: "it's because your brains are rusty!") He didn't always care for that, but now it's fun. I tried a great recipe for carrot cake which I have made changes to and I love it. My friends at church enjoyed it at coffee hour too. So now I am posting my version and calling it "CARROT TOP'S CARROT CAKE".

Rate

prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 12-24

Ingredients

COMBINE DRY INGREDIENTS IN A MEDIUM BOWL
2 cups pastry flour or all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or table salt)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
IN A LARGE BOWL, COMBINE EGGS, OIL, BUTTERMILK, SWEETENER, VANILLA
3 - eggs, beaten
3/4 cup safflower oil (high in antioxidant vitamin e) or vegetable oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 cup agave nectar (naturally low glycemic with no additives);or 2 cups of sugar*
1 can crushed pineapple (drained) 20 oz.can
2 cups grated organic carrots (coarsely grated)
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
NOTE: GO READ ONLINE AT WIKIPEDIA ABOUT AGAVE NECTAR* IF OF INTEREST.

How To Make carrot top's carrot cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

First combine dry ingredients in medium bowl. Blend together the liquid ingredients in a large bowl and beat well. Add dry and wet ingredients, and mix in the fruit, carrots and nuts.
Step 3

If you use the 9" X 13" rectangular baking pan, it might take 45 minutes, but use a cake tester; and if it needs bake it for another 5 minutes.
Step 4

If you use two round cake pans test the cake after 30 minutes, it might take another 5 minutes. It is a very heavy texture, press on it, it should feel firm when done.
Step 5

Frosting is optional, as this is such a good cake, you can just serve it with powdered sugar on top, or a regular vanilla frosting, CREAM CHEESE FROSTING is my favorite.
Step 6

Make the frosting with butter, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Cool cake completely and then frost, and refrigerate always!
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