Carrot Cake with Lemon Frosting
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1 lb carrot, peeled, shredded**
- 1 cup corn oil
- 8 ounces unsweetened pineapple, crushed, drained
- 4 eggs, large
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon, ground
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1 lb cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1⁄4 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 2⁄3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- fresh edible flower
directions
- For Cake: Preheat oven to 350 deg.
- Butter three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides.
- Line bottoms with waxed pape r.
- Butter paper.
- Mix together oil, pineapple, eggs, vanilla and carrots.
- Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
- Stir into oil mixture. Mix in walnuts.
- Divide batter among prepared pans.
- Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
- Cook cakes in pans on racks.
- For Frosting: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, butter, lemon juice and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Gradually beat in sugar.
- Chill until firm but spreadable, about 1 hour.
- Turn cakes out of pans; peel off waxed paper.
- Place 1 cake on platter.
- Spread 3/4 cup frosting over.
- Top with second cake. Spread 3/4 cup frosting over.
- Top with third cake. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Cover with cake dome and refrigerate. Let stand 3 hours at room temperature before serving.) Garnish cake with flowers.
- ** Actual recipe calls for carrots to be cut into 1/2-inch pieces and cooked in a large pot of boiling salt ed water until tender, about 12 minutes.
- Drain.
- Puree in processor, stopping occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl.
- Transfer to large bowl and cool.
- I prefer to use the shredded carrots and have had very good results.
- I have also baked this in a large sheet cake size pan and adjusted the cooking time.
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