Spring Celebration Carrot Cake

Name: Spring Celebration Carrot Cake
Prep time: 2 h 35 min
Cook time: 2 h 35 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 227 grams pureed carrot baby food; 355 milliliters grated fresh carrots (about 2 large); 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 454 grams packages cream cheese (1 pound), at room temperature; 4 larges eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 Tbsps finely grated lemon zest (about 2 lemons); 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 118 milliliters finely chopped fresh pineapple (see Cooks Note); 355 milliliters fresh pineapple; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 355 milliliters sugar; 12 Tbsps (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 296 milliliters vegetable oil; 118 milliliters walnut pieces

If $1.17 per serving falls in your budget, Spring Celebration Carrot Cake might be an outstanding vegetarian recipe to try. One serving contains 517 calories, 6g of protein, and 31g of fat. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Spring. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 (8-inch) square cake pans, line them with buttered parchment paper, and dust with flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Oven

Toss the carrots, walnuts and 1/2 cup pineapple with 3/4 cup of the flour in a small bowl and set aside.

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Pineapple

Carrot

Walnuts

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Whisk the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In another large bowl beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and light, about 5 minutes. While continuing to beat the eggs slowly, gradually add the oil, and then the pureed carrot.

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Carrot

Sugar

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

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Scatter the dry ingredients over the wet and then gently fold them together to make a loose batter. Gently fold the nuts, carrots, and pineapple into the batter.

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Pineapple

Carrot

Nuts

Pour into the prepared pans.

Bake the cakes until firm to the touch and a cake tester comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on a rack for 25 minutes. Turn cakes out of pans and cool completely on the rack.

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Oven

Beat cream cheese in a large bowl, with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in the butter until smooth. Sift the sugar over the cream cheese, and beat until smooth.

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Cream Cheese