Easter Cake

20 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE
  • 1-1/4 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon each of baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/4 cups finely grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup each of finely chopped walnuts and chopped raisins
  • FOR THE ICING
  • 12 ounces regular cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 to 3-1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
  • Food coloring
  • FILLING AND GARNISH
  • 3/4 cup crushed pineapple, well drained
  • 1-1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut (optional)

Directions

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    {"0":"1. Lightly grease two 8- by 2-in round cake pans. Dust the pans with flour, knocking out the excess. Heat oven to 350 degrees.","2":"2. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices into a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add the eggs, oil, and vanilla extract.","4":"3. Using a mixer on low speed, beat the liquids briefly in the well, then blend the entire batter on low speed just until evenly mixed.","6":"4. With a spatula fold the carrots, walnuts, and raisins into the batter between the cake pans, smoothing it with a spoon.","8":"5. Bake the cakes on the center oven rack for about 25 minutes, until toothpick inserted in the center comes comes out clean. Cool the pans for 10 minutes, then run a butter knife around the edges to loosen them.","10":"6. Remove each cake from its pan by inverting pan. Then slowly lift the pan from the cake. Let the cakes cool completely (at least 1 hour) before icing them.","12":"7. ICING: Use a mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter in a bowl until smooth. Blend in the vanilla extract.","14":"8. Add the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, beat until smooth and fluffy after each add. Save about 2\/3 cup of the icing. Cover and chill.","16":"9. Place the first cake layer on a serving plate. Smooth a layer of the icing over the top. Then the crushed pineapple over the icing.","18":"10. Place the second layer on top of first, then ice cake. Gently pat coconut onto all sides of cake.","20":"11. Finally, dye some of the reserved frosting orange and the rest green. Use a bag to pipe carrots on top of cake. Store cake in the refrigerator until serving it, let sit at room temp for 20 mins before slicing."}

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