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Easter: Best Carrot Cake

Source of Recipe


Southern Living



List of Ingredients



• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2 tsp baking soda
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
  
• ¾ cup buttermilk
  
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 2 cups grated carrot
  
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  
• 1 (3½-ounce) can flaked coconut
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  
• Buttermilk Glaze (recipe follows)
  
• Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
  






Instructions



1. Line 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with wax paper; lightly grease and flour wax paper. Set pans aside.
   
   
2. Stir together first 4 ingredients. 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 cake pans.
   
   
3. Bake at 350° F 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.
   
   Makes 1 (9-inch) cake.
   
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   BUTTERMILK GLAZE
   
   • 1 cup sugar
   • 1½ tsp baking soda
   • ½ cup buttermilk
   • ½ cup butter or margarine
   • 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
   • 1 tsp vanilla extract
   
   Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
   
   Yield: 1½ cups.
   
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   CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
   
   • ¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
   • 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
   • 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
   • 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
   • 1½ tsp vanilla extract
   
   Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.
   
   Makes 4 cups.