RCI-BR.004.0098.001
Carrot Cake Upside Your Head
Submitted by criscodisco Uploaded by Schpyder I work with a crazy old lady, and today is her ten millionth birthday. She loves carrot cake, so I decided to make several to take into work tonight.
Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Servings4
Difficultyadvanced
Ingredients
- medium-sized carrots3 unitpeeled
- 2 cups
- 2 cups
- 2 teaspoons
- 2 teaspoons
- 1 cup
- eggs3 unitlightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons
- 1 cup
- 1 cup
- canned crushed pineapple3/4 cupdrained
- cream cheese8 ouncessoftened
- butter6 tablespoonssoftened
- confectioners' sugar3 cupssifted
- 1 teaspoon
- 2 tablespoon
Method
1
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan, ensuring the bottom and sides are well coated.
2
Grate the peeled carrots into a bowl until roughly shredded; measure out enough to yield approximately 2 cups of grated carrot.
3
Whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl until evenly combined.
4
In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, corn oil, lightly beaten eggs, and vanilla until the mixture is pale and well blended.
3 minutes
5
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold together gently until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
6
Fold in the grated carrots, chopped walnuts, shredded sweetened coconut, and drained crushed pineapple until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
7
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula to ensure even distribution.
8
Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with only moist crumbs attached.
35 minutes
9
Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
10 minutes
10
While the cake cools, prepare the cream cheese frosting by beating together the softened cream cheese and softened butter until light and fluffy.
2 minutes
11
Add the sifted confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice to the cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth and spreadable, scraping down the bowl as needed.
2 minutes
12
Once the cake is completely cool, spread or pipe the cream cheese frosting generously over the top and sides of the cake.