Ultimate Carrot Cake

18 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 14 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 12 cup vegetable oil
  • 12 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 12 cups carrots or 1 12 cups carrots & 1 cup zucchini, shredded
  • 1 cup walnuts (chopped ) (optional) or 1 cup raisins (optional)
  • 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  • frosting
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 14 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups icing sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2
    Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan (or two loaf pans).
  3. 3
    Mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
  4. 4
    Mix sugar, applesauce, eggs, oil and vanilla Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and poor the egg & applesauce mixture.
  5. 5
    Mix with wooden spoon until smooth.
  6. 6
    Stir in carrots and pineapple.
  7. 7
    Pour into greased pan and bake for about 45 minutes.
  8. 8
    Allow to cool before icing the cake.
  9. 9
    To make the frosting: Cream butter and cream cheese until smooth then add the icing sugar and beat until creamy.

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