By far my first and best Carrot Cake ever!!! At least my sister thinks so!
And here it is!
Serving 10-15 slices or mini cakes
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrot
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- In a mixing bowl combine Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
- In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk, vanilla.
- Gradually add flour to mixture, don't over mix!
- Then Stir in carrot, pineapple, and coconut.
- Now if you are making a cake use two 9in cake pans or really any size, this cake does not rise much so fill the pan :)
- In my case I was making this for a party and needed to make bite size mini cakes. SOoo I used two pyrex baking/ casserole dishes, lined them with a sheet of tin foil, and sprayed the foil with non-stick cooking spray. This was so I could lift the cake out without any problems and less clean up :)
Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean(that is my suggestion, since every oven is different). Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
Buttermilk Glaze
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
- For cake: Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Crush walnuts and apply them to the sides of the frosting.
- For Mini Cakes: Get a small 2-3in cookie cutter (I didn't have these so I used the top of a baby food jar, and knife) Cut out the rounds (each pan made 15 rounds with the jar top)
The frosting was extremely thick and the carrot cake very fragile so I piped the frosting in between the layers. I add more frosting to decorate the top. If you have a whipped cream cheese frosting that could be a lot easier, if you are trying to cover the entire mini-cake.
Frosting
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preparation
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.
As for the walnuts on the mini-cakes, I forgot about them :( So be creative!
This recipe looks great! I have never cooked carrot cake before!
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Carrot cake... mmmm!
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Kim