World’s Best Carrot Cake - it’s true
Carrot Cake! The best carrot cake! Cream Cheese Icing, Walnuts, Raisins, Coconut, Pineapple - sweet, tangy, delicious, heavenly, the best!
Everyone has a favorite carrot cake. Try this one and you'll have a new favorite!
Ingredients
Carrots - finely grated - 2 1/2 C
Walnuts - chopped (peanut size or smaller) - 1 1/2C - 175g
Raisins - golden - 1 C - 150g - plump them, pat dry
Coconut - shredded - 1 C - 75g
Pineapple - canned crushed - drained - 1 C
Cake Flour - 1/2 C for tossing with goodies - 60 g
Cake Flour - 1 1/2 C for the cake - 180g
Cinnamon - 2 tsp
baking soda - 2 tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
Eggs - 4 large
Sugar - 1 1/2 C - 300 g
Oil - vegetable - 1 C
Icing Ingredients
Butter - unsalted, room temp - 1/2 lb or 8 oz
Cream Cheese, room temp - 12 oz
Confectioners Sugar - 1 lb
Vanilla - the good stuff - 1 tsp
Decorative carrots of your making
Action Plan
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Grease / parchment 2 10" pans
Toss Carrots, Nuts, Raisins, Coconut and, of course, pineapple with 1/2 C of the flour
Stir remaining flour 1 1/2 C flour with cinnamon and baking soda
Whisk the eggs and sugar together until sugar begins to dissolve, drizzle in oil while mixing continuously
Fold in the flour mixture
Fold in the carrot mixture
Bake 45 to 60 minutes until cakes are firm
Cool
Make icing by whipping butter and cream cheese. Stir in confectioners sugar and vanilla
ice and decorate
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