McCalls Best Ever Carrot Cake
From the Great American recipe's collection Gr #17. A classic American carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Yield
12 servingsPrep
10 minCook
60 minReady
2 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ½ | cups |
corn oil
|
|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 3 | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cloves, ground
|
|
| 2 | cups |
carrots
shredded |
|
| 1 | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 8 | ounces |
pineapple, canned, crushed
well drained |
|
| Topping | |||
| ¾ | cup |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| Cream cheese frosting | |||
| 16 | ounces |
cream cheese
two packages |
|
| 1 | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 355 | ml |
corn oil
|
|
| 414 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 473 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 15 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 5 | ml |
cloves, ground
|
|
| 473 | ml |
carrots
shredded |
|
| 237 | ml |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
pineapple, canned, crushed
well drained |
|
| Topping | |||
| 177 | ml |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| Cream cheese frosting | |||
| 462.4 | ml/g |
cream cheese
two packages |
|
| 237 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
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.
