Mom's Famous Carrot Cake
"My mom has always made the best carrot cakes around!! She always made several of these during the holidays, as she had many friends who always asked for a cake. Her fluffy cream cheese frosting topped it all off."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 354.88 ml vegetable oil
- 473.18 ml sugar
- 9.85 ml cinnamon
- 9.85 ml vanilla
- 4.92 ml salt
- 4 eggs
- 591.47 ml flour
- 9.85 ml baking soda
- 226.79 g can crushed pineapple
- 473.18 ml shredded carrots
- 473.18 ml shredded coconut
- 236.59 ml walnuts
- 170.09 g cream cheese
- 118.29 ml butter
- 453.59 g powdered sugar
directions
- Cake: Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9X13 pan. Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on rack 1-2 hours. This is a very dense cake.
- Frosting: Whip cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add powdered sugar and continue to whip until fluffy. When cake is cooled, frost cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
tlea73
Des Moines, 0
<p>I am a nurse, only because there are not really any good culinary schools in my area.? I love to cook for my family and friends.? My best friend and I often bake then switch halves with the other, as we both have smaller families.? Double the yum, and easy on the pocket book too!!? :)</p>
