Carrot Cake

Desserts 18 ingredients 8 steps
Vegetarian Make-Ahead Kid-Friendly
Carrot Cake
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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease three 9-inch cake pans. Line bottom of pans with wax paper or parchment paper.

  2. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in walnuts, coconut, carrots and pineapple.

  3. Pour batter into the prepared pans. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes or until edges have pulled away from sides and a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

  4. Cool on a cake rack for 3 hours. Frost with cream-cheese frosting.

  5. Cream Cheese Frosting

  6. Cream together cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl.

  7. Slowly sift in powdered sugar and continue beating until fully incorporated. Mixture should be free of lumps.

  8. Stir in vanilla and lemon juice. Frost cake.