Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Name: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons baking powder; 355 milliliters grated carrot; 227 grams cream cheese, room temperature; 4 eggs; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus 2 tablespoons for cake pan; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 473 milliliters icing sugar; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 283 grams finely chopped fresh pineapple, or tinned (well drained); 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters unsalted butter, room temperature; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon for cake pan; 79 milliliters hot water

This recipe makes 8 servings with 916 calories, 9g of protein, and 47g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. Head to the store and pick up butter, sugar, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 25 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Special equipment: An electric mixer and 2 (9-inch) cake pans

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Hand Mixer

For the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

In an electric mixer cream together 1 cup butter, sugar, and cinnamon until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Fold in the grated carrot. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.

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Baking Powder

Cinnamon

Butter

Carrot

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Mix 1/2 of the flour into the butter mixture, then add 1/2 the water, mix well.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Water

Mix in the remaining flour and water. Fold in the pineapple.

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Pineapple

All Purpose Flour

Water

Grease 2 (9-inch) cake pans with the remaining butter and dust with the remaining flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Divide the batter evenly between the 2 cake pans.

Bake for 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove from the pan and cool completely.

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Toothpicks