simply the best carrot cake.

Name: Simply The Best Carrot Cake.
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 4 - eggs at room temperature; 2 cup(s) unrefined cane sugar; 2 cup(s) all-purppose unbleached flour,presifted; 3 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon(s) each: soda and baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon(s) each: salt and nutmeg; 2 cup(s) carrots,finely grated(about 2 large carrots); 1 cup(s) vegetable oil; 1/2 cup(s) sweet butter,melted and cooled; 1/2 cup(s) pineapple chuncks,drained well and cut up; 2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1/2 cup(s) golden raisins,plumped in some hot water or apple cider; 1/2 cup(s) pecans, in pieces(optional)

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Jane Farrer

Fremont California, CA

Updated on Dec 6, 2011

This is simply the best carrot cake recipe and i can not really add much to this!The frosting recipe makes a generous ammount of frosting and who does not love that? Enjoy!Let me know what you think!

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 45 Min

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yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

4 - eggs at room temperature
2 cups unrefined cane sugar
2 cups all-purppose unbleached flour,presifted
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon each: soda and baking powder
1/4 teaspoon each: salt and nutmeg
2 cups carrots,finely grated(about 2 large carrots)
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sweet butter,melted and cooled
1/2 cup pineapple chuncks,drained well and cut up
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup golden raisins,plumped in some hot water or apple cider
1/2 cup pecans, in pieces(optional)

How To Make simply the best carrot cake.

Step 1

In a large bowl combine:eggs,sugar,oil,melted butter and vanilla extract.Beat well.

Step 2

In another bowl combine: presifted flour,cinnamon,baking powder,soda,salt and nutmeg.Whisk all together./or sift all throught a sifter.
Step 3

Gently incorporate the dry ingridients in to the wet ones.
Step 4

Fold in the presoaked raisins,grated carrots,and the cut up pineapple chunks./pineapple should be cut in to small bite size pieces and drained very well/.
Step 5

Pour the batter in to two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350' for 45 min,test with a toothpick. Cool for 15 min,run the knife arround the edge of pans,invert in to cooling racks.
Step 6

For frosting: whip together- 1/2 cup soft butter/one stick/, 1 1/2 package soft cream cheese;gradually beat in 1 LB. powdered cane sugar and 2tsp.pure vanilla extract.Whip till fluffy!Frost the cake layers,sides and top. Chill the cake for 3 hours before serving or better yet through the night.
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