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McCalls Best Ever Carrot Cake

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Recipe

From the Great American recipe's collection Gr #17. A classic American carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

60 min

Ready

2 hrs

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 ½ cups corn oil
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1 ¾ cups sugar
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3 large eggs
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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½ teaspoon salt
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3 teaspoon cinnamon
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1 teaspoon cloves, ground
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2 cups carrots
shredded
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1 cup walnuts
chopped
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8 ounces pineapple, canned, crushed
well drained
Topping
¾ cup coconut, shredded (desiccated)
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Cream cheese frosting
16 ounces cream cheese
two packages
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1 cup powdered sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
355 ml corn oil
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414 ml sugar
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3 large eggs
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473 ml all-purpose flour
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1E+1 ml baking soda
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2.5 ml salt
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15 ml cinnamon
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5 ml cloves, ground
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473 ml carrots
shredded
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237 ml walnuts
chopped
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231.2 ml/g pineapple, canned, crushed
well drained
Topping
177 ml coconut, shredded (desiccated)
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Cream cheese frosting
462.4 ml/g cream cheese
two packages
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237 ml powdered sugar
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5 ml vanilla extract
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Directions

Beat together corn oil, eggs, and sugar until well combined.

In a bowl, sift the flour and salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves.

Add the egg and sugar mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.

Add the carrots, walnuts and pineapple. Blend together mixing well.

Pour batter into greased and floured 9 or 10 inch round cake pan.

Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F for 1 hour until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cake cool on racks. Prepare the frosting. Split cake into 2 layers.

Assemble. Cover with the frosting (see below). Sprinkle with coconut.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

In a bowl thoroughly blend together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 192g (6.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 70362% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 48g 75%
Saturated Fat 13g 64%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 95mg 32%
Sodium 338mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 20g 20%
Dietary Fiber 2g 9%
Sugars g
Protein 19g
Vitamin A 84% Vitamin C 5%
Calcium 6% Iron 13%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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