Carrot Cake
- Preparation time: 20 minutes
- Cooking time: 40 minutes
- Cooling Time: 60 minutes
- Frosting Time: 15 minutes
- Total time: Approximately 1 hour 35 minutes
Ingredients
Moist Ingredients and Sugar:
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Carrots and Pineapple:
- 2½ cups peeled and shredded carrot (approximately 2-4 large carrots)
- ½ cup crushed pineapple with juice
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
Optional Additions:
- 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- ¾ cup raisins or currants
Frosting:
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325°.
- For a 3-layer cake grease and flour three round 8-inch pans. For a 2-layer cake grease and flour two round 9-inch pans. For rectangular cake grease and flour a 13x9x2 oblong pan.
- Click here for instructions on how to prepare cake pans for baking.
- Mix eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla for 2 minutes on medium-high speed.
- Add shredded carrot and pineapple; mix until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to moist ingredients in work bowl.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the moist mixture on low speed, then mix on medium speed for 1 minute.
- Mix in optional nuts and raisins or currants.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pans.
- For 8-inch round or 9-inch round cakes bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- For an oblong cake bake 35 to 40 minutes.
- Cool on a rack for exactly 10 minutes; turn the cake out of the pans and cool on a rack for another 30 minutes to 1 hour. NOTE: For oblong cake you can opt to leave the cake in the pan and just frost the top.
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- Cool completely on a rack before frosting.
- Frost with 1 recipe of cream cheese frosting.
Comments
Frost with cream cheese frosting.If you are making a layer cake click here for instructions on frosting a layer cake.