Carrot Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 1⁄2 cups unsifted flour
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
- 3 (4 1/2 ounce) jars strained carrot baby food
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
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Frosting
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
- 4 tablespoons softened margarine
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9x13 inch pan (I use a sheetcake pan, and it bakes a little faster).
- In a large bowl, beat eggs at medium speed.
- Add flour, wheat germ, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt,oil and carrots.
- Beat at low speed to combine, then at high speed to mix well.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Pour into pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- (if using sheet pan, the time may be a bit shorter) Cake is done when a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
- Cool and then frost.
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Reviews
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This is a delicious and moist cake! Using baby food is so much easier than grating carrots. I cut the sugar down to 1 1/2 cups and then reduced the salt to 1/2 teaspoon because I was afraid it would be overwhelming with less sugar. It worked out fine. It's sweet enough for our preferences, but others will probably prefer the full 2 cups. DH does not care for frosting, so I served this warm with a vanilla sauce. Wonderful! Truthfully, it doesn't need frosting or sauce - it's delicious alone.
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donnie27
United States
I am a mother of two, boy 39 and girl 36. My husband is retired, but still working a little for IBM. I have always cooked like a farmer's wife.......because that's what my mother did...cooked for farm workers for two meals a day sometimes. I still cook for an army and there are only two of us. I guess my daughter appreciates it, because she gets all the leftovers.!! Our family left our home state in Indiana in l985 and moved to Arizona. Quite a change. We love it here, but really miss home even after this many years. I've loved being in touch with home via Zaar.