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Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 08 11:41 am Post subject: Carrot cake recipe to share. Yum

Hi, someone gave me a recipe and I tweaked it a bit. It's a bit too scrummy, so thought someone else might like to try it too.

Ingredients - Cake
ï¿½ 4 eggs
ï¿½ 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
ï¿½ 2 cups white sugar (or 1 cup white and 1 cup brown)
ï¿½ 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
ï¿½ 2 cups all-purpose flour
ï¿½ 2 teaspoons baking soda
ï¿½ 2 teaspoons baking powder
ï¿½ 1/2 teaspoon salt
ï¿½ 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
ï¿½ 3 cups grated carrots
ï¿½ 1 cup chopped pecans (or to taste)
ï¿½ 8oz can of squeezed pineapple juice
ï¿½ï¿½ tsp nutmeg
Topping
ï¿½1/2 cup butter, softened
ï¿½8 ounces cream cheese, softened
ï¿½3.5 cups icing sugar
ï¿½2 teaspoon vanilla extract
ï¿½1 cup chopped pecans
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour (or use baking parchment) a 9x13 inch pan. If you use a round cake tin, you will need to increase the baking time. (Doubling the recipe makes one large cake and a loaf ï¿½ bear in mind that the contents will rise quite a bit).
2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmet. Stir in carrots. Fold in the pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
4. To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake (either on top or through the middle too). Decorate with the chopped pecans - or whole ones look good too.

Tiddles

Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 32

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 08 2:31 pm Post subject:
That sounds delicious! I might try this out at the weekend. Could someone please remind me what quantity a cup holds?

Madge

Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Posts: 97
Location: Rugby, Warks

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 08 2:54 pm Post subject:
Hi, I've just measured a couple of things - it is 8 fluid ounces and was 6oz sugar. Hope that helps? M

Tiddles

Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 32

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 08 5:02 pm Post subject:
Thanks Madge.

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