pumpkin carrot cake!

Name: Pumpkin Carrot Cake!
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) canola oil, plus more for the pan; 3 cup(s) all purpose flour, plus more for the pan.; 1 tablespoon(s) pumpkin pie spices; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 3 - eggs; 3/4 cup(s) granulated sugar; 3/4 cup(s) dark brown sugar; 15 ounce(s) pure pumpkin; 1/4 cup(s) whole milk; 2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 2 - carrots, grated(about 1 cup); 1 cup(s) chopped walnuts; ## FOR THE FROSTING; 32 ounce(s) cream cheese; 1 cup(s) butter, unsalted; 4 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 6 cup(s) confectioners' sugar; - orange and green gel or paste food color; 1 - flat-bottom wafer ice cream cone

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Donald Cole

New Orleans, LA

Updated on Oct 15, 2013

this cake was great it takes a little work but its worth it in the end.

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I made this Carrot cake look like a Pumpkin!

prep time 1 Hr

cook time 55 Min

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yield 20 serving(s)

Ingredients

3/4 cup canola oil, plus more for the pan
3 cups all purpose flour, plus more for the pan.
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spices
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 - eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
15 ounces pure pumpkin
1/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 - carrots, grated(about 1 cup)
1 cup chopped walnuts
FOR THE FROSTING
32 ounces cream cheese
1 cup butter, unsalted
4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar
- orange and green gel or paste food color
1 - flat-bottom wafer ice cream cone

How To Make pumpkin carrot cake!

Step 1

heat oven to 350 degrees! lightly oil a 12 cup bundt pan, then dust with flour. in a large bowl whisk together the flour,pumpkin pie spice,baking powder, salt and baking soda.

Step 2

in a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs,oil, sugars,pumpkin,milk and vanilla. add the egg-oil mixture to the flour mixture, mixing until fully incorporated. mix in the carrots and walnuts.
Step 3

transfer the batter to a prepared pan and bake until a tooth pick comes out clean. about 55 to 60 minutes. let cake cool for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 4

using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese,butter and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. add the confectioners sugar and beat until fluffy.
Step 5

when the cake has cooled completely cut it in half horizontally. spread 3/4 cup of frosting on the bottom half of the cake and sandwich with the top. transfer 1/2 cup frosting to a bowl and tint green.
Step 6

tint the remaining frosting orange. spread the orange frosting over the cake. refrigerate for 15 minutes. cover the ice cream cone with the green frosting and place in the middle of the cake, it will resemble a stem make it a pumpkin.
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