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Carrot Cake (A Taste of Home)
Author/Submitted by:
"A Taste of Home" - Premiere edition
Servings: 16
Categories:
Cakes
/
Desserts
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Nuts
Ingredients: 2
cups
All-purpose 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
Carrots,
finely grated
1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract 1
cup
Crushed pineapple,
well drained
1
cup
Coconut,
shredded
1
cup
Chopped nuts,
divided
-----CREAM CHEESE FROSTING-----
6
ounces
Cream cheese,
softened
3
cups
Confectioner's sugar 6
tablespoons
Butter or margarine,
softened
1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1/2 cup nuts. Pour into a greased 13-inchX9-inchX2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350-degrees for 50 - 60 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool. Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl; mix until well blended. Frost cooled cake. Sprinkle with remaining nuts. Store in refrigerator.
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