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Super-Moist Carrot Cake
This carrot cake is moist, dense and oh-so-good. It's packed with carrots, crushed pineapple and pecans and topped with a cream cheese icing.
Ingredients
Makes: 1 20x30cm cake
- 330g grated carrots
- 250g plain flour
- 400g caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 350ml vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 (432g) tin crushed pineapple with juice
- 80g chopped pecans
- 420g icing sugar
- 225g cream cheese
- 110g butter, softened
- 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 110g chopped pecans
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:40min ›
Extra time:2hr cooling ›
Ready in:3hr10min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 20x30cm baking tin.
- In a large bowl, combine grated carrots, flour, caster sugar, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in eggs, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, pineapple and 80g chopped pecans. Spoon batter into prepared tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine icing sugar, cream cheese, 110g butter and 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla. Beat until smooth, then stir in 110g pecans. Spread on cooled cake.
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best carrot cake ever, i baked in two seperate tins then sandwiched together, make a couple of days before needed. Had so many compliments - 23 Apr 2013
The has to be the oiliest cake I have ever made, just to pick it up to put on a plate I was covered in vegetable oil. Not sure what I have done wrong to have it be so far from what over have described. Did rise quickly and has good shape but took way longer than stated to bake fully. - 11 Sep 2013
The cake was too eggy and I think had too much bicarbonate of soda as I could taste it when I ate the cake. You have to use a really high tin also, otherwise it overflows, as it rises really quickly and it's really runny. - 12 Oct 2012