FoodReference.com Logo

Dessert Recipes Section - FoodReference.com

  Home   ][   Food Articles   ][   Food Trivia & Facts   ][   Cooking Tips   ][   RECIPES   ][   Today in Food History   ][   Who's Who   ][   Food Quotes   ][   Videos   ][   Food Trivia Quizzes   ][   Crosswords   ][   Food Poems   ][   Cookbooks   ][   Food Posters   ][   Free Magazines   ][   Gardening   ][   Gourmet Tours & Schools   ][   Key West   ][   Food Festivals & Shows  

You are here > HomeRecipes >

 DessertsCakes & Dessert Bread 2 >  Carrot Cake >

Next

 




Culinary Posters and Food Art



Free Food Magazine Subscriptions

 

 

CARROT CAKE

Fix-it And Enjoy-it Cookbook
by Phyllis Pellman Good

Makes 12-15 servings
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 40-50 minutes


Ingredients
• 1 cup oil
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 scant cup brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 cups grated carrots, about 3 large carrots
• 3/4 cup grated coconut
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 3/4 cup nuts, optional
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 2  3-oz. pkgs. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• milk


Directions
1.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together oil, sugar, and brown sugar. Stir in the eggs and the applesauce.

2. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture.

3. Stir in the carrots, coconut, pineapple, nuts, if desired, and vanilla.

4. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake at 325° for 40-50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

5. To make the frosting, mix cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together. Add milk until you reach a spreadable consistency.

This is the cake my mom made for our wedding. We couldn't wait until our 1st anniversary to eat the top of the cake!


Janelle Myers-Benner, Harrisonburg, VA

 

 

   Home    ][    About Us & Contact Us    ][    Recipe Categories    ][    Kitchen Basics    ][    Bibliography    ][    Other Links   

Please feel free to link to any pages of FoodReference.com from your website.

For permission to use any of this content please E-mail: james@foodreference.com

All contents are copyright © 1990 - 2012 James T. Ehler and www.FoodReference.com unless otherwise noted.
All rights reserved.

You may copy and use portions of this website for non-commercial, personal use only.

Any other use of these materials without prior written authorization is not very nice and violates the copyright.

Please take the time to request permission.
 





 


   Search FoodReference.com

 



 



RELATED RECIPES:

   Carambola Upside Down Cake    ][    Carrot Cake    ][    Carrot Cake, Applesauce Carrot Cake    ][    Carrot Cake With Curaηao    ][    Carrot Cake, Low Fat    ][    Carrot and Pineapple Cake    ][    Carrot Cake, Old Fashioned    ][    Carrot Loaf, Banana Chocolate Chip    ][    Carrot Mash Cake, Cream Cheese Icing    ][    Carrot Parsnip Cake    ][    Carrot Walnut Coffee Cake    ][    CHERRY CAKES >>>>>    ][    Chiffon Cake Recipe    ][    CHOCOLATE CAKES >>>>>    ][    Christmas Wreath Cake    ][    Coconut Cake    ][    Coconut Lime Macadamia Cake    ][    Coconut Strawberry Cake    ][    Cranberry Apple Upside Down Cake    ][    Cranberry Coffee Cake    ][    Cranberry Streusel Cake    ][    Devil's Food Cake (1904)    ][    Devils Food Cake, Belgium Ale    ][    Dutch Sour Cream Coffeecake    ][    Donuts, Mini Baked    ][    Emu Cake    ][    Figs, Lowfat Chocolate Fig Cake    ][    Figs, Fresh Fig Cake    ][    Frosted Cake    ][    Frozen English Toffee Cake    ][    Fruit Cake, California Fig Fruitcake    ][    Fruit Cake, White Fruit Cake    ][    Gingerbread (1903)    ][    Gingerbread Cake    ][    Gingerbread, Old Time    ][    Gingerbread, Triple Chocolate    ][    Ginger Pear Cake    ][    Grapefruit Meringue Cake    ][    Harvey Wallbanger Cake    ][    Hickory Nut Cake (1904)