Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake. I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it!
Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup sifted flour
- Get 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1 tsp baking powder
- Get 1 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 2/3 cup salad oil
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 2 eggs
- Prepare 1/2 cup crushed pineapple with juice
- Take 1 1/2 cup shredded carrot
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- Make ready 1 packages Cream cheese frosting
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour.
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Add ingredients and mix on medium
- Fold in walnuts
- Spray two 9" round cake pans with non stick spray
- Divide mixture between both pans
- Cook for 25-30 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean
- Let cakes cool; frost the top of one round, then place the other round on top and frost the top and sides
- Sprinkle walnuts over top for garnish (optional)
For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing. Oil keeps the cake nice and moist — any neutral flavored oil will work. While some recipe historians trace the roots of carrot cake back to medieval times, we disagree.
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