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Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

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Date: 08/21/2009 Topics: Readers Request > Recipes | Recipes > Cakes > Carrot Cake  
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I am looking for a recipe for carrot cake for approximately 20 people. I would like one using eggs, oil, flour, cinnamon, and carrots.

By ruby123 from Aberdeen, NC

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By bettyboop5382 (16) Profile Contact
This is the copycat recipe for the Sara Lee Carrot Cake. I have tried quite a few carrot cake recipes but this one is really good (and I am so picky)! You can always double the recipe and make two cakes.

Sara Lee's Carrot Square Cake Recipe
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
6 ounces Oil
1 teaspoon Salt
1-1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1 cup Sugar
1-1/4 cups All-purpose flour
1 cup Carrots -- grate fine
1 cup Walnuts -- well-chopped
1/2 cup Light raisins

Cream Cheese Icing
6 ounces Cream cheese - softened
1/4 pound Butter
1 pound Powdered sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons Orange extract
1 teaspoon orange peel
1 tablespoon Light corn syrup or pancake syrup
1 tablespoon Cornstarch or flour

Combine first 8 ingredients with electric mixer on medium-high. Beat 3 minutes scraping down sides of bowl often. Remove beaters. Stir in last 3 ingredients. Grease and flour 9" square pan. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 325 about 50 minutes. Cool in pan about 30 minutes.
Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkle with additional walnuts.

Icing: Cream the cream cheese with the butter until light and fluffy, using med-high speed of electric mixer. Add half of the sugar, increasing speed to high. Add extract and peel and beat about 1 minute. Scrape down sides of bowl often. Resume beating adding remaining powdered sugar. Beat smooth. Frost sides and top of cake.

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    Does anyone have a recipe for a good carrot cake without pineapple or boxed cake mixes? I prefer cakes made from scratch not from a box, please.

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Request: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

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Does anyone have a recipe for a good carrot cake without pineapple or boxed cake mixes? I prefer cakes made from scratch not from a box, please. My son has allergies so boxed cake mixes aren't good for him and he doesn't like pineapple. Many thanks.

Cettina

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RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

This is the very best recipe in the whole world for carrot cake. My husband doesn't like carrot (or he didn't before me), but he absolutely loves this one. You can use a cream cheese frosting or do like we do and eat it plain.

Ingredients:

  • 2 c all-purpose flour
  • 2 c sugar
  • 1 T baking powder
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • 1/2 t salt 3 c finely grated carrots
  • 1 c cooking oil (I use applesauce instead)
  • 1 c chopped nuts
  • 4 eggs

FROSTING

  • 1/4 c softened butter or margarine
  • 1/4 c shortening
  • 12 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 1/2 c sifted powdered sugar
  • 2 T milk (may not be needed)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 15X10 baking pan.

Combine all dry ingredients. Add carrots, oil (or applesauce), and nuts and stir until well combined. Add eggs and mix well. Pour into pan and bake until top springs back when touched (about 35-45). While cake is cooling: Stir together all frosting ingredients except sugar and milk. Add sugar and stir until well combined, add milk if necessary. Spread over cooled cake. Eat. (07/15/2008)

By Glenn'sMom

RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

My husband's favorite cake is carrot cake, but he hates the box mixes. I make this recipe for him every year on his birthday and he loves it.

Carrot Cake

  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp. Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
  • 3 Cups Grated Raw Carrots
  • 1/2 Cup Raisins
  • 1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Nuts (optional - and omit if serving to small kids)

Beat eggs well in a large bowl, and add sugars in gradually, beating until light. Beat in oil. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir into egg mixture. Stir in carrots, raisins, and nuts (if using). Pour into a greased and floured 13X9 pan, and bake in a 350 degrees oven for 35-40 minutes. Enjoy. (07/16/2008)

By tiffanyau

RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

My fave recipe is from a church cookbook.
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. oil

Blend these together well in large bowl.

  • 3 eggs

Add one at a time and beat well after each

Sift together:

  • 1-1/3 c. flour and 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon

Add to egg mixture, stir until blended. Add 2 c. grated carrots, 1/2 c. chopped walnuts and 1 c. raisins. Bake 1 hour at 350*F.

Personally, I like carrot cake without any icing. But in case you don't:

OPTIONAL ICING

  • 1/4 lb cream cheese
  • 1/4 c. margarine or butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • Icing sugar(XXX sugar)

Beat together first 3 ingredients until fluffy. Then add icing sugar until it becomes spreading consistency. When cake is cooled, spread on frosting and enjoy. I have also substituted orange extract for the vanilla in the cream cheese icing with lovely results. You can also make an orange juice and icing sugar glaze instead that is very tasty and a lighter option to icing. (07/17/2008)

By thriftmeg

RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

I double checked the one I sent to you. Yes, that's the correct amount of sugar. You might try cutting it down. I used to use about half the sugar recipes called for with no bad results especially if there was frosting involved. We usually (as in always) eat ours without frosting and prefer it this way. (07/17/2008)

By Glenn'sMom

RE: Homemade Carrot Cake Recipes

My favorite is the one with the strained baby food carrots. I think it uses two or three jars. I haven't made it in a while. You can Google the recipe. Just key in: strained carrots baby oil cake, those five words should get you a jillion recipes for it. No pineapple in it either. Wish I could cut and paste, but this laptop is new to me and I don't do it yet. (07/29/2008)

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