TupperGal
04-02-2005, 07:28 PM
This is the best carrot cake recipe I have ever had :)
This was a woman's great grandmother's recipe
and its sooooooo good!
Carrot Cake
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2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups finely grated carrots
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup well drained crushed pineapple
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add eggs,oil,carrots, and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1/2 cup of nuts. Pour into a greased 13x 9 pan. Bake at 350* for 50-60 minutes or until cakes test done
Cool
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cream cheese frosting
2 pkgs 3 oz cream cheese -- softened or One Lrg pack cream cheese
3 cups confectioner's sugar
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans to sprinkle on top
Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl;mix until well blended.
frost cooled cake. sprinkle with remaining nuts.
store in refrigerator.
This was a woman's great grandmother's recipe
and its sooooooo good!
Carrot Cake
***********************************
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups finely grated carrots
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup well drained crushed pineapple
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add eggs,oil,carrots, and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1/2 cup of nuts. Pour into a greased 13x 9 pan. Bake at 350* for 50-60 minutes or until cakes test done
Cool
********************
cream cheese frosting
2 pkgs 3 oz cream cheese -- softened or One Lrg pack cream cheese
3 cups confectioner's sugar
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans to sprinkle on top
Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl;mix until well blended.
frost cooled cake. sprinkle with remaining nuts.
store in refrigerator.