Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Name: Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ¼ Cup oil; 2 cups granulated sugar; 3 eggs room temperature; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 cups grated carrots; 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut; 1 cup chopped nuts optional; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup Dole crushed pineapple not drained! {use the pineapple in JUICE not syrup}; ½ cup butter softened; 8 ounces cream cheese softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 pound powdered sugar; top with toasted pecans or coconut if desired

10 steps

Prep:10minCook:25min

Updated at: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:04:57 GMT

Ingredients

16 servings

1.25 Cupoil

2 cupsgranulated sugar

3eggs

room temperature

2 cupsall-purpose flour

1 teaspoonbaking soda

1 ½ teaspoonbaking powder

½ teaspoonsalt

1 teaspooncinnamon

1 teaspoonground ginger

¼ teaspoonground nutmeg

¼ teaspoonground cloves

2 cupscarrots

grated

1 cupshredded sweetened coconut

1 cupnuts

chopped, optional

1 tspvanilla

1 cupcrushed pineapple

not drained ! { use the pineapple in juice not syrup

Cream Cheese Frosting:

½ cupbutter

softened

8 ouncescream cheese

softened

1 teaspoonvanilla

1 poundpowdered sugar

pecans

top with, toasted, or coconut if desired

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Combine #1 ingredients. Add #2 ingredients. Stir in #3 ingredients.

Step 3

Pour into a lightly greased 9 x 13 , two 9-inch pans or three 8-inch pans. (The cake is very moist so cutting parchment for the bottom of your pans will ensure they don't stick. I prefer to use the non-stick baking spray that has the flour in it for easy cake removal.)

Step 4

Bake for 35-40 minutes for the 9x13 and 9-inch pans and 25-30 minutes for the 8-inch pans. You're looking for an inserted toothpick to come out clean.

Step 5

Let cakes cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then remove to a cooling rack and let cool completely.