Carrot Cake

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Growing up I hated carrot cake and would cringe whenever my mom would buy it. I just wanted to eat vanilla cake. Funny cause nowadays, I don’t really touch vanilla cake. A few years back, I was at a restaurant with my grandmother who of course enjoys every dessert that I detest.

I wasn’t in the mood for dessert anyway but she was craving carrot cake and ordered some. I tasted it, she almost had to take it away from me. I was thinking, is this really carrot cake? No! Can’t be! I’ve been missing out! give me more! This carrot cake is loaded with carrots, pineapples, coconut flakes and frosted with a cream cheese frosting. Incredibly moist!

Carrot Cake

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Carrot cake with pineapple, Easy Carrot Cake

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 955kcal

Author: Julie of CookedbyJulie.com

A classic carrot cake recipe complete with walnuts and cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 4-5 carrot sticks
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 8 ounces crushed pineapples drained
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk 3 eggs, sugar, buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, carrot sticks, cinnamon, pineapples, and shredded coconut.
• Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix for about 15 seconds.
• Pour the batter into the 2 cake pans and bake for about 28-30 minutes.
• Once the cakes come out of the oven, let it cool completely.
• For the frosting, mix the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and mix for about 4 minutes.
• Frost the cake and Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 8g | Calories: 955kcal | Carbohydrates: 127g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 33g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 631mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 101g | Vitamin A: 860IU | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 2.2mg

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