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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Ready in 80 minutes
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 60 minutes
12
SERVINGS
METRIC
IMPERIAL

Carrot cake

  • 500 ml granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 300 ml vegetable oil
  • 5 ml vanilla
  • 500 ml all-purpose flour
  • 10 ml baking soda
  • 10 ml ground cinnamon
  • 5 ml salt
  • 398 ml crushed pineapple, well drained
  • 750 ml grated carrots
  • 250 ml chopped walnuts
  • 250 ml raisins

Icing

  • 125 g cream cheese, softened
  • 45 ml butter, softened
  • 5 ml vanilla extract
  • 500 ml icing sugar
A delicious carrot cake with decadent cream cheese icing. Moist and rich with walnuts, raisins, carrots and crushed pineapple, it is often served at Christmas time.

Instructions

Cake: Combine sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until combined. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Add to liquid ingredients; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into a greased 12-cup (3 L) Bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean (about 60 to 65 minutes for Bundt pan or 45 to 50 minutes for 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan). Let cake cool before icing.

Icing: Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla and icing sugar in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Thin with a little milk, adding 1 tbsp (15 mL) for spreading or about 4 tbsp (60 mL) for drizzling over cake.

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Nutritional Facts
  • Amount Per Serving
    535 Calories
  • Fat
    28 g
  • Sodium
    376 mg
  • Carbohydrates
    67 g
  • Fibre
    2 g
  • Protein
    5 g

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