rinemb - Posted - 01/20/2011:  06:19:26

Well there is no "bad" carrot cake, except maybe a cheap box cake.

Here is the recipe my office assistant (in old days-my secretary) used to bake for me on my birthdays. Since I went broke about twenty years ago, no secretary, but I got her recipe.

Beckie’s Marvelous Carrot Cake

Cake:
1-1/2 cups oil
2 cups sugar (prefer bakers super fine)
3 eggs
2-1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tspn soda
½ tspn salt
1 tspn cinnamon
2 cups raw shredded carrots
1 cup crushed pineapple & the juice
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Beat oil, sugar, and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Add flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon and beat in.
Add carrots, nuts, and pineapple and juice and mix well.

Bake in a 9 x 12 x 2 greased and floured pan at 350 degrees for about 40-45 minutes.
(or divide into 2 round cake pans,
bake until cake just pulling from pan, and increase frosting recipe for layer)

Frosting:
3 tblspns softened butter
4 oz cream cheese-room temp
1 tspn real vanilla
½ box powdered sugar

Bear until smooth. Smear on cooled cake. Top with nuts if desired.

KE - Posted - 01/20/2011:  06:36:05

Ugggh. No pineapple. I must get to the grocery store. As soon as the snow plow comes round.

Mopick - Posted - 01/20/2011:  08:16:18

Carrot cake is my favorite. My mother-in-law would always make one just for me, she knew that I am a Cream Cheese Icing fanatic. My wife still makes her mother's recipe for carrot cake, probably the same or similar.




Randy

michael6 - Posted - 01/20/2011:  08:36:03

Looks good, thanks!

websitelady - Posted - 01/20/2011:  08:48:31

Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing.

inniepie - Posted - 01/20/2011:  08:54:11

Well thank you for that! I'll be sure to use sugar instead of salt today...

pandjlocke - Posted - 01/20/2011:  14:26:23

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Originally posted by inniepie

Well thank you for that! I'll be sure to use sugar instead of salt today...

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rinemb - Posted - 01/20/2011:  15:46:15

And its only 6 months until my birthday. I can always count on the cake.

Brad