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best carrot cake

(11 ratings)
Showmans_wifey avatar
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Aneisha Grinton
@Showmans_wifey
Washington, DC

I just made this yesterday and the icing is to die for!!! It is inspired by a cake sold at Wegman's grocery store and an icing I saw on this site.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This carrot cake is moist and dense with fruity little gems in every bite. Adding crushed pineapple is a lovely addition to the carrot cake recipe. The frosting is silky smooth and tangy with just a hint of pineapple flavor. This is definitely not your grandma's carrot cake!

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(11 ratings)
yield 8 -10
prep time 10 Min
cook time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For best carrot cake

  • PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    pineapple juice
  • 2 c
    powered sugar or confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened (1 full stick)
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 16 oz
    cream cheese, softened
  • CARROT CAKE
  • 2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp
    nutmeg
  • 1 pinch
    allspice, ground
  • 4
    eggs
  • 1/2 c
    vegetable oil
  • 1 c
    applesauce, unsweetened
  • 3 c
    carrots, grated
  • 1 c
    walnuts, chopped
  • 8 1/2 oz
    pineapples, crushed
  • 1/4 c
    golden raisins
  • 1/4 c
    raisins
  • 1/4 c
    coconut, flaked
  • Crisco spray with flour

How To Make best carrot cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Flour, cinnamon, and other dry ingredients mixed in a bowl.
    2
    Mix flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl.
  • Oil, applesauce, pineapple, coconuts, and raisins mixed in a bowl.
    3
    In a separate bowl mix oil, applesauce, pineapples, raisins, and coconut.
  • Slowly add eggs to the batter.
    4
    Add eggs by hand to dry mix 1 by 1.
  • Combining the dry and wet ingredients together.
    5
    Then using an electric mixer on low setting to add the wet mix to egg mix.
  • Fold in carrots and nuts.
    6
    Then by hand mix in the carrots and walnuts.
  • Grease two pans.
    7
    Use some Crisco spray with flour and spray 2 9-inch pans.
  • Pour batter into pans.
    8
    Pour batter into the pans.
  • Carrot cakes baking in the oven.
    9
    Cook for about 40 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Mix butter and cream cheese.
    10
    For the icing, mix the butter and cream cheese with electric mixer.
  • Slowly add powdered sugar.
    11
    Add powdered sugar little by little.
  • Adding vanilla extract to the frosting.
    12
    Once the sugar is in add the pineapple juice and then the vanilla extract.
  • The best carrot cake iced with pineapple cream cheese frosting.
    13
    Once the cake has cooled, ice the cake.
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