Community Pick
Excellent Carrot Cake
photo by oriana
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 23
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 1⁄4 cups coconut
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Buttermilk Glaze
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup solid margarine, softened
- 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Combine first 5 ingredients; beat well.
- Mix flour, soda, salt and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture; stir well.
- Add carrots, walnuts, pineapple and coconut; stir well.
- Pour batter into greased and floured 13x9 baking pan.
- Bake at 350° for 55 minutes, or until pick comes out clean.
- Buttermilk Glaze: Combine first 5 ingredients in large saucepan.
- Bring to a boil; cook 4 minutes on medium heat.
- Remove from heat; add vanilla.
- Pour buttermilk glaze over warm cake; let cake cool.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: Mix cream cheese and butter; beat until smooth.
- Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Spread cream cheese frosting on top of cooled cake.
Reviews
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This carrot cake is by far better than any I have ever tasted. I agree with Jeff, it is worth at least 100 stars. The cake is moist and tender and the buttermilk glaze adds another layer of richness. The cream cheese frosting is sweet and sooo creamy. Talk about a sugar high--wowie!! Thanks MizzNezz, you have really outdone yourself.
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Wow!! Not enough starts in the universe to rate this one. Carrot cake is my husband's favorite, so I chose to make this my first recipe tried from zaar... he is still floating somewhere close to the ceiling! I thought there were so many recipes here I might have to try dozens of the same thing to find the one we like best... believe me, this is the ONLY carrot cake recipe we will try! Easier to make that I thought from the description. Flavors of ingredients blend so beautifully, and the cake stays so wonderfully moist!! To us, the walnuts were integral, and next time I think I will even chop them even finer so they are in every morsel of the cake. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
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This carrot cake was excellent, I have to admit. My husband said it was the best one I've made so far from Zaar. I didn't care too much for the coconut so next time I think I will substitute it for more shredded carrots. My favorite part of the cake was the buttermilk glaze and the icing. OMG...don't get me started on the icing. Great recipe, thanks for sharing!
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Tweaks
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This is a great recipe but to be fair, I did not make it per the recipe. I am reviewing it, though, because I had to make a substitution (OMG I had no pineapple!!) and wanted to share this in case you also were missing pineapple. After reading all the reivews I HAD to make this cake....so instead of pineapple, I used a cup of ricotta cheese, which I normally use in any box cake I make. I figured it would help retain the moistness like the pineapple and it did!! I love pineapple and will be making this per the recipe soon, but it is nice to know how fabulous this cake is even with a missing ingredient! Thanks MN
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I cannot believe that I forgot to rate this recipe. This is one of my most fav. MizzNezz recipies! It's easy, hassle-free and comes out perfect each time you make it!! The only change I make is to add almonds in place of walnuts - a personal preference. It's very moist and tastier the next day! Thank you MizzNezz. We love this cake!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MizzNezz
United States
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