Glazed Carrot Cake

Name: Glazed Carrot Cake
Cook time: P1H
Total time: P1H
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: flour; sugar; salt; baking soda; cinnamon; eggs; vegetable oil; carrots; pineapple; vanilla extract; pecans; sugar; milk; butter; vanilla extract

Submitted by tonyG

For years I only ate carrot cake with a butter and cream cheese frosting, but I was surprised by this glazed carrot cake. It was actually delicious. I will not mind enjoying a glazed carrot cake any more.

YIELD

24 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

1 hrs

READY

1 hrs

Ingredients

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUPS SUGAR

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON CINNAMON

LARGE EGGS
beaten

1 ½

CUPS VEGETABLE OIL

CUPS CARROTS
grated

CAN PINEAPPLE
crushed *

TEASPOONS VANILLA EXTRACT

1 ½

CUPS PECANS
chopped

Glaze

CUPS SUGAR

CUP MILK

TEASPOON BUTTER

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

Directions

Into a large mixing bowl sift dry ingredients.

Add eggs, oil, carrots, and pineapple.

Mix well. Add vanilla and pecans. Bake in tube pan or 6 ½×10½ inch oblong cake pan for one hour. at 350℉ (180℃). Glaze with the following, if desired.

For the glaze, combine sugar and milk in saucepan.

Bring to a boil and cook over low heat until mixture forms a soft ball in water.

Cool. Add butter and vanilla, beat until creamy.

Pour over cake.