Delicious Carrot Cake
06/28/2020
This cake is made with carrots, crushed pineapple, raisins, all-purpose flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and walnuts.
Serves: 16
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- 6 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp alcohol-free vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
- Combine carrots and brown sugar in a bowl and set aside for 1 hour, then stir in raisins.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour two 10 inch cake pans, set aside.
- Beat eggs in a large bowl until fluffy and light.
- Gradually beat in white sugar, oil, and vanilla extract.
- Stir in crushed pineapples.
- In another medium bowl combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
- Stir dry mixture into the wet mixture until absorbed.
- Lastly, stir in carrot mixture and walnuts.
- Evenly divide this batter between both prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- When completely cooled, frost cake with cream cheese frosting (if desired).