The Ultimate Carrot Cake

Name: The Ultimate Carrot Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters packed brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter, at room temp; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 454 grams carrot, grated; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 355 milliliters flaked coconut; 454 grams package confectioners sugar; 227 grams package cream cheese, at room temp; 4 larges eggs; 158 milliliters flour; 0 teaspoons ginger; 1 teaspoons nutmeg; 2 teaspoons orange zest, no pith attached; 340 grams package pecan halves; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 177 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters white sugar; 355 milliliters whole wheat flour

Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 725 calories, 8g of protein, and 45g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 16. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. A mixture of baking soda, vanillan extract, orange zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Sift together the flours, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and ginger onto a sheet of waxed paper.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

Nutmeg

Salt

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Oven

Mix the sugars together in a large bowl.Stir in the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.Stir in the flour mixture, grated carrots, chopped pecans, coconut and raisins.Stir until well blended.Grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.Line each prepared pan with wax or parchment paper that has also been greased and waxed.

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Pecan Pieces

Buttermilk

Carrot

Coconut

Raisins

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Baking Paper

Bowl

Frying Pan

Pour equal amounts into each of the cake pans.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of each comes out clean.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes.Turn out onto cooling racks, remove wax paper and allow to cool completely.In a large bowl beat the butter and cream cheese together until light.

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Cream Cheese