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12 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Cake:
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour2 cups sugar1 teaspoon salt1 Tbsp baking soda1 Tbsp cinnamon1 1/2 cups olive oil or grapeseed oil4 large eggs, lightly beaten1 Tbsp vanilla extract1 1/2 cups shelled walnuts, chopped (more whole or chopped for topping)1 1/2 cups sweetened, shredded coconut2 cups of finely grated carrots1 cup of drained crushed pineapple
Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temp2 1/2 cups of confectioners' sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 Tbsp lemon juice
Method
1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter two 9 inch cake pans. Cut out rounds of wax paper and place at bottoms of cake pans. Butter the top of the wax paper rounds.
2 Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add oil, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in chopped walnuts, coconut, carrots and pineapple.
3 Pour batter into pans. Set on the middle rack of oven and bake for 45-50 minutes (shift positions of cakes front-to-back if necessary about halfway through), until edges have pulled away from sides and a toothpick or sharp knife tip inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool on a cake rack.
4 To prepare frosting, cream together the cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl. Slowly sift in the confectioners sugar and beat until mixture is free of lumps. Stir in vanilla and lemon juice.
5 Once cakes have cooled, frost. Sprinkle top with chopped walnuts or arrange walnut halves in a crown around the top.
Serves 12-16.
12 years ago. Rating: 4 | |