How this recipe has not been posted here, I don't know! This really is the best carrot cake recipe. Even people who don't like carrot cake love this! Definitely a winner!
Prep: 25 min. Cook: 43 min.
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
2 cups sugar
¾ cup vegetable oil
¾ cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrots
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Buttermilk Glaze (see recipe below)
Cream Cheese Frosting (see recipe below)
- 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 carrots and next 3 ingredients.
- Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan for a sheet cake. For a layer cake, grease two 8x8 square baking pans and line them with parchment paper.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes; cover pan loosely with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, and bake 13 more minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over cake; cool completely in pan. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting evenly over cake.
- For layer cake, carefully separate cake from side of pan before trying to remove cakes. It will be very sticky because of the glaze.
Buttermilk Glaze
Prep: 5 min. Cook: 10 min.
1 cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Bring sugar, baking soda, butter, buttermilk, and corn syrup to a boil in a Dutch oven (or large frying pan) over medium-high heat.
- Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes or until mixture is golden brown.
- Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep: 5 min.
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat at high speed 10 seconds or until smooth.
