CARROT CAKE - LARGE

Carrot Cake - Large image

Provided by Steve_G

Categories Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 1 cake, 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

6 cups grated carrots
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup raisins (I chop them first)
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil (combination of 3/4 c. melted butter and 1/4 c. walnut oil)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

In a medium bowl, combine grated carrots and brown sugar.
Set aside for 60 minutes, then stir in raisins.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease two 10 inch cake pans, place parchment on bottom of pans, grease parchment and flour entire pan.
Can be made in three 8 inch pans for a really tall cake.
In a large bowl, beat eggs until light, gradually beat in the white sugar, oil and vanilla.
Stir in the pineapple.
Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, stir into the wet mixture until absorbed.
Finally stir in the carrot mixture and the walnuts.
Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until cake tests done with a toothpick.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
When completely cooled, fill with lightly sweeten cream cheese filling and frost with butter cream frosting.