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Carrot Cake With Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting

Here's how you make Carrot Cake With Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 35-40m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • CAKE
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup oil (canola oil)
  • 1 cup brown sugar (light)
  • 4 large eggs (lightly beaten)
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (unbleached)
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts (plus more for garnish)
  • 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon almond extract
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 can (15 ounce) pineapple tidbits (drained and reserve juice)
  • FROSTING
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 1/4 cup pineapple juice (reserved)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: For the cake: Preheat oven to 350F and grease two 9" round cake pans or 9x13 pan with the butter.

  • Step 2: In a large bowl, add the sugar, oil, brown sugar and eggs and mix together.

  • Step 3: Add the flour, carrots, coconut, walnuts, cinnamon, almond extract, baking powder, salt and pineapple and fold the ingredients together.

  • Step 4: Pour the batter into prepared pan(s)and place on a baking sheet.

  • Step 5: Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.

  • Step 6: Place cake on cooling rack for about an hour to completely cool.

  • Step 7: For the frosting:

  • Step 8: Beat together the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter and pineapple juice until smooth and incorporated.

  • Step 9: Frost cake(s)as usual.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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