Best Carrot Cake in the World
From tippystclair 17 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 24
A truly wonderful carrot cake that can be topped with cream cheese frosting or left plain. Very, very moist thanks to the pineapple. you can leave out the nuts, if you like.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- 2 tsp vanilla extract, essence or flavoring shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups veg oil shopping list
- 2 cups (5 med) grated carrots shopping list
- 1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple, drained shopping list
- 1/2 cup dried coconut shopping list
- 1 cup chopped walnuts shopping list
- 1 cup raisins shopping list
- Frosting: shopping list
- 2 large packages of cream cheese shopping list
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350F/170C/Gas Mark4.
- Coat a large loaf pan, 10x15x2 baking dish or bundt pan with oil or cooking spray.
- In a mediium mixing bowl stir together using a wooden spoon the FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, BAKING SODA, SALT, CINNAMON, NUTMEG and ALLSPICE. Set aside.
- In another larger bowl mix together using a wooden spoon the EGGS, SUGAR and VANILLA.
- Stir in the OIL until the mixture is thick.
- Gently stir in the DRY ingredients.
- Fold in the CARROTS, WALNUTS (optional), PINEAPPLE, COCONUT, and RAISINS.
- Pour slowly into prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool for 15 minute, then turn out on to plate or platter.
- Frosting:
- In a medium bowl use an electric mixer to blend the CREAM CHEESE and POWDERED SUGAR.
- Spread on cake after it has cooled.
The Rating
Reviewed by 13 people-
This is very much like my own recipe but with some great extras added. I certainly have to bake this 5 forks cake. I think I may just have found a new recipe to replace mine
brianna
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good recipe tasty thanks
momo_55grandma
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I agree, the best in the world!
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