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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Moist and delicious carrot cake. Easy, too, for a non-baker like me.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2-½ cups Unbleached Flour
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1 cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • 1-¼ cup Canola Oil
  • 4 whole Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ⅓ cups Dried Black Currants
  • ⅓ cups Golden Raisins
  • 1 cup Shredded Coconut
  • 1 can Crushed Pineapple- (20 Oz) -drained
  • 3 cups Grated Carrots
  • _____
  • For Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 2 packages Cream Cheese (8 Oz.), Room Temperature
  • 2 sticks Butter, Room Temperature
  • 6 cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 teaspoons Fresh Lemon Juice

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350°.

Next, combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the oil and blend with the ingredients.

Add the eggs and combine well.

To this add the vanilla extract, currants, raisins, coconut, pineapple, and carrots and combine.

Pour the mixture into two round greased 8″ baking pans and bake for approximately 40-45 minutes.

Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake and make sure it comes out clean. Once baked, transfer the cakes to a cooling rack.

For the frosting:

Make sure the butter and cream cheese are at room temperature before beating.

Using an electric mixer, whip the cream cheese until it’s nice and smooth.

Next, add the butter and blend well with the mixer.

Add the confectioner’s sugar in batches until it’s combined well.

Add the vanilla and lemon juice and blend.

Before frosting, make sure the loaves are cool, otherwise the frosting will melt and make a mess.

Place one cake on a cake dish and top with frosting. Add the other cake on top of the frosting and begin to frost the sides and top. Smooth over with an icing spatula. Garnish the top of the cake with baby carrots.

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mamakaren on 1.23.2010

This cake was moist and delicious! A big hit at our family get-together.
I’m making it again to bring to work as a treat!

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swtnutmeg on 9.6.2009

Oh my goodness! So good. The whole family loved it!

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ctarver on 9.2.2009

I made this for someone’s birthday and it was a hit with everyone! Cake is moist and not too light or too heavy. The icing was wonderful!!! I’m not a huge carrot cake fan but this was great! Even my picky eaters loved this!

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