Really Good Carrot Cake Recipe

By Brenda (Guest Post)

Hi, Bert in Oregon!

This is Brenda in Ottawa, Ontario. I have a page dedicated to The Best-Ever Carrot Cake which really is (at least in my opinion) delicious. You might enjoy checking it out at http://www.squidoo.com/carrotcake

Brenda

By sheila (Guest Post)

hi, i made a tastey carrot cake but some of the shredded carrots turned green! it looks like zuchinni. how does this happen? and it tastes fine if you don;t think about it.

By

tiffanyau

This recipe was my boyfriend's Grandmothers recipe and it's really good!

CARROT CAKE
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1/3 c. buttermilk
3 c. flour
3 c. shredded carrots
4 eggs
1 1/2 c. cooking oil
1 1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

ICING:
1 c. frozen orange juice
1 c. sugar

Cream sugar, eggs, and oil. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Sift flour and cinnamon and add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk, carrots, and lemon extract. Bake in a 9x13 greased pan in 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Pour icing over cake while warm. Let set for 2 hours before cutting.

By

Bridie

New Zealand Microwave Carrot Cake

1+1/2 cups plain flour
1+1/2 tspns. baking powder
1+1/2 tspns. baking soda
3/4 tspn salt
2 tspns cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup soft brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Mix the above ingredients together then add.....

1 cup cooking oil
3 eggs
1 cup grated carrot
225gm. tin crushed pineapple
1/2 cup sultanas

Pour mixture into a MICROWAVE ring cake tin and cook on ELEVATED stand on HIGH power (my microwave is 900watts) for 13 - 15 minutes.
Stand the cake in its tin for 10 minutes BEFORE removing.
Ice with a cream cheese icing (I think you people know icing as frosting?) of your choice.

Makes a really nice, moist carrot cake in under 1/2 an hour.

Hope you are able to convert my metric measurements into US measurements.
ENJOY!

By

valleyrimgirl

Carrot Cake

1 cup cooking oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat together and add the following:
2 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
Stir in:
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup flaked cocunut (sweetened or unsweetened, whatever you have)
1 8 oz. can crushed pineapple. (1/2 cup)

Pour into well greased 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 F for 50 to 60 minutes.

Frosting:

1 3 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup melted margarine/butter
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups icing sugar

Enjoy!! I do not like nuts in my carrot cake but they could be put in this recipe if you wished.