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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Ready in 80 minutes
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 60 minutes
12
SERVINGS
METRIC
IMPERIAL

Carrot cake

  • 500 ml granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 300 ml vegetable oil
  • 5 ml vanilla
  • 500 ml all-purpose flour
  • 10 ml baking soda
  • 10 ml ground cinnamon
  • 5 ml salt
  • 398 ml crushed pineapple, well drained
  • 750 ml grated carrots
  • 250 ml chopped walnuts
  • 250 ml raisins

Icing

  • 125 g cream cheese, softened
  • 45 ml butter, softened
  • 5 ml vanilla extract
  • 500 ml icing sugar
A delicious carrot cake with decadent cream cheese icing. Moist and rich with walnuts, raisins, carrots and crushed pineapple, it is often served at Christmas time.

Instructions

Combine sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until combined.

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Add to liquid ingredients; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts and raisins.

Pour batter into a greased 12-cup (3 L) Bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean (about 60 to 65 minutes for Bundt pan or 45 to 50 minutes for 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan). Let cake cool before icing.

Icing: Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla and icing sugar in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Thin with a little milk, adding 1 tbsp (15 mL) for spreading or about 4 tbsp (60 mL) for drizzling over cake.

Tips
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Nutritional Facts
  • Amount Per Serving
    535 Calories
  • Fat
    28 g
  • Sodium
    376 mg
  • Carbohydrates
    67 g
  • Fibre
    2 g
  • Protein
    5 g

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