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Outrageous Carrot Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Pat2me / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago A lavish cake baked in three layers and filled and crowned with cream cheese frosting. It's will be the centerpiece of any dessert table. Prep:20m Cook:35m Servings:12	Pat2me
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Ingredients

Cake

3 C flour

2 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 Tbl plus 1 tsp cinnamon

6 eggs

2 ½ C sugar

1 ½ C canola oil

2 ½ C finely grated carrots (about 6 )

2 8 oz cans crushed pineapple in juice, well drained

1 C shredded coconut

1 C finely chopped walnuts

Frosting

12 oz. cream cheese

1 C unsalted butter

2 tsp vanilla

6 C powdered sugar

1 ½ C finely chopped walnuts

Directions

Evenly space racks in oven and heat to 350.

Spray bottom & sides of pans and line bottom with parchment; spray parchment

Sift flour soda, salt and cinnamon into medium bowl

In large bowl, beat eggs and sugar @ medium for 3 minutes. Or until thickened and light in color. Beat in oil at low speed. Stir in flour mixture until blended.

Stir in carrots, pineapple, coconut and 1 Cup walnuts until blended.

Divide batter evenly among pans and bake 25 minutes, turn pans and bake an additional 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean and cake starts to pull away from sides of pan..

Cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes: invert, remove parchment and cool completely.

Frosting

Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl at medium speed for 3 minutes, beat in vanilla.

Add powdered sugar; beat at low speed 1 minutes or until smooth

Place 1 layer on serving plate; spread with 1 Cup frosting

Repeat

Top with remaining layer spread top and sides with thin layer of frosting

Coat again with smooth layer of frosting

Press chopped walnuts onto sides of cake

Make cake up to 2 days ahead and refrigerate or up to 3 weeks ahead and freeze

To freeze, place cake in freezer until frosting is firm

Wrap in plastic wrap, then heavy duty foil

To defrost, place in refrigerator overnight; remove wrapping

Serve at room temp, refrigerate leftovers

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Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 2 months ago said:
This truly is outstanding! I love the "bigness" of it!!..from the 6 eggs, 2 cans pineapple, etc. Am bookmarking this! Thanks for sharing.:)

henrie 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Same here, I love big cakes, they are so impressive! This sounds really good, will bookmark it to try soon, great post, thanks for sharing.

zena824 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Carrot cake is one of my all time favorite cakes... if its done right it will melt in your mouth and I bet this one will.... sounds devine.... I can just taste it now...

jett2whit 10 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds great! I love pineapple and carrots together. This reminds me of the Hummingbird Cake recipe. Carrot cake is one of my favorites!! Jett

momo_55grandma 7 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Delicous cake thanks-love carrot cake-Cream cheese icing yum thanks

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