Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

My fiance LOVES carrot cake, and yesterday was his birthday so I decided to look for a carrot cake recipe. He was very specific that he wanted pineapple, coconut and lots of nuts in his carrot cake. I made this cake with a few modifications and he LOVES it!

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

1. Get 2 cups all purpose flour - sifted
2. Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
3. Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
4. Get 1 tsp cinnamon powder
5. Get 1 tsp nutmeg powder
6. Get 1 pinch salt
7. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
8. Make ready 4 eggs
9. Prepare 1.5 cups granulated sugar
10. Prepare 3/4 cup vegetable oil
11. Take 1 (250 gms) tin of sliced pineapple
12. Make ready 3 cups grated carrots
13. Prepare frosting:
14. Make ready 100 gms cream cheese
15. Get 2 slices pineapple - crushed
16. Take to taste Powdered sugar

In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour.

Instructions to make Carrot Cake:

1. Sift flour. Add in cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
2. Add in grated carrots and toss
3. In a separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar, add in the oil and 1 cup of drained pineapple juice.
4. Chop pineapple - you need 1 cup. Toss this into the dry mix.
5. Pour in egg mixture into dry mix till no lumps. Don’t overmix!
6. For frosting, crush 2-3 pineapple slices. Add in cream cheese and one tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time till you each desired sweetness.
7. Let Cake cool to room temp before spreading a thin layer of frosting on top.
8. Enjoy!
9. Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 until toothpick comes out clean!

For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing. Oil keeps the cake nice and moist — any neutral flavored oil will work. What Ingredients Make The Perfect Carrot Cake?

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