Pecan-Carrot Cake

Name: Pecan-Carrot Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 710 milliliters cake flour; 302 grams carrots, grated; 4 larges eggs; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 355 milliliters finely chopped pecans; 1 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters water

Pecan-Carrot Cake requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 484 calories. This recipe serves 12. If you have water, pecans, cake flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Bring carrot and 1 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until tender. Do not drain.

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Carrot

Water

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Sauce Pan

Process carrot mixture in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Measure 1 cup puree, and set aside.

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Carrot

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Food Processor

Blender

Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.

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Butter

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.

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Egg

Combine cake flour and next 4 ingredients.

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Cake Flour

Combine carrot puree, buttermilk, and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with carrot mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in pecans. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan.

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Carrot Puree

Buttermilk

Vanilla

Butter

Carrot

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Spread with Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Spread

NOTE: Batter may be spooned evenly into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

Bake at 350' for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool on wire racks.

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Oven

Spread Citrus Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Spread