Carrot Cake

A cake that is made from scratch, easy to make, and utterly delicious.

Yield:
1 cake
Category:
Desserts
Cuisine:
Canadian

INGREDIENTS:

  • For the Cake
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups grated carrots (about 4 medium carrots)
  • 14 ounces undrained crushed canned pineapple
  • 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • Icing
  • 4 ounce package of cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup soft butter
  • 1 cup icing sugar

DIRECTIONS:

  1. For the Cake
    Beat the eggs until they are light and lemon coloured. Gradually add the sugar. Slowly add the oil. Stir in the vanilla, carrots, pineapple, coconut, and walnuts. Add the flour, baking soda, lemon juice, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
    Pour the batter into a greased 13 x 9 inch pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 to 60 minutes.
    For the icing
    Blend together the cream cheese and the butter.
    Beat in the icing sugar. and the vanilla.
    Frost the cool cake.

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