Moms Carrot Cake
From lvogensen 17 years ago
- 1 minutes to make
- Serves 2
This is my mom's carrot cake recipe and we are crazy about it! If she decides to bake one, she'll have to continue making them weekly for about two months cuz we just can't get enough! oh, and this recipe is good for 2 cakes =)
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour shopping list
- 2 cups brown sugar shopping list
- 2 tsps cinnamon (powder) shopping list
- 2 tsps baking powder shopping list
- 2 tsps baking soda shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla (or as much as you like) shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- 1 1/4 cup of vegetable oil shopping list
- 2 cups shredded carrots shopping list
- 3/4 cup chunky applesauce shopping list
- 1 cup chopped nuts shopping list
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut shopping list
- 1 cup canned pineapple (chopped) <- with juice!
- Frosting: shopping list
- 3 oz. cream cheese shopping list
- 2 tbsps butter or margarine shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar shopping list
- ****Double the frosting if you make two cakes!***** shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven at 350 F. Grease the pan/mold.
- In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- In another bowl mix eggs, oil and vanilla. Add carrots, applesauce, nuts, coconut, and pineapple (with the juice for extra moistness).
- Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together.
- Put in pan/mold and leave it in the oven for 1 hour (more or less)
- Frosting:
- Beat cream cheese, butter/margarine and vanilla with a handhelf blender until its soft.
- Then incorporate the powder sugar little by little until soft.
- Put it on the cake once its cool
- ****We usually decorate the cake with Pecan halves****
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