BEST Carrot Cake

Name: BEST Carrot Cake
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ~CAKE BATTER~; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 3 large eggs; 2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 3/4 cup buttermilk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cup grated carrot; 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained; 1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut; 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake; 1 ~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~; 1 cup sugar; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1 tbsp light corn syrup; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 ~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~; 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened; 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 3 cup sifted powdered sugar; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

angela.walston @cook_3068921

Recipe from Southern Living.

angela.walston @cook_3068921

Recipe from Southern Living.

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Ingredients

2 hours

12 servings

1~CAKE BATTER~
2 cupall-purpose flour
2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
2 tspground cinnamon
3 largeeggs
2 cupsugar
3/4 cupvegetable oil
3/4 cupbuttermilk
2 tspvanilla extract
2 cupgrated carrot
1(8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1(3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
1 cupchopped pecans or walnuts (I used a 1/2 cup of each) Also have about a 1 cup of nuts to decorate over cake
1~BUTTERMILK GLAZE~
1 cupsugar
1 1/2 tspbaking soda
1/2 cupbuttermilk
1/2 cupbutter or margarine
1 tbsplight corn syrup
1 tspvanilla extract
1~CREAM CHEESE FROSTING~
3/4 cupbutter or margarine, softened
1(8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1(3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cupsifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 tspvanilla extract

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Steps

2 hours

1

☆CAKE☆
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Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper or parchment paper; lightly grease and flour paper. Set pans aside.
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Stir together first 4 ingredients.
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Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.
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Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
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●BUTTERMILK GLAZE●
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●Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in large saucepan over medium - high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.●
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●CREAM CHEESE FROSTING●
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●Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.●
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For your finishing touches; you can chop 1 cup of a mixture of pecan and walnut pieces and sprinkle atop and on the sides of the cake.