Carrot Cake

Baking By pumpkinroses Updated 14 Aug 2007 , 3:08am by vww104

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pumpkinroses Posted 31 Jul 2007 , 11:09am
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I recently got a request for carrot cake. I have never made one before so I have been doing a lot of searching. I found a recipe that has both the baby food and grated carrots in it but it also calls for 1 cup of coconut.

My question is do any of you think that this is an odd ingredient? and if I decide to not add it do you think it will affect the cake?

thanks
Nikki

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peg818 Posted 31 Jul 2007 , 1:15pm
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The recipe that i use calls for coconut and raisins and since i'm not that fond of either of those i just leave them out. It causes no problems.

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pumpkinroses Posted 31 Jul 2007 , 10:06pm
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thanks so much. I hope to bake it this weekend.

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JawdroppingCakes Posted 3 Aug 2007 , 2:20am
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I'm not sure if this will help but this is a family recipe and it is amazing. It calls for:
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
1 1/2 cups oil
1 small can of crushed pineapples, drained
3 cups shredded carrots
You mix all those together and put aside, then mix seperately
2 cups flour
2 ts baking soda
3/4 ts cinnamon
1/4 ts salt
Sift together and then add wet ingredients plus 1/2 ts vanilla extract. Bake at 30-40 minutes at 325.
For the icing I use a package of cream cheese and 1/4 cup of butter. Misx well and add a pound of powdered sugar and a ts of vanilla. Mix and add a cup of chopped pecans. This is very good and moist. Hope you enjoy.

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pumpkinroses Posted 4 Aug 2007 , 11:55am
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thanks for the recipe.

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vww104 Posted 14 Aug 2007 , 3:08am
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I love carrot cake, but I'm too lazy to grate the carrots so I buy the pre-shredded carrots in the bagged salad area. One bag of Dole shredded carrots is equal to about 3 cups. Good luck!

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