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Carrot Cake Recipe

Mark and I planned to be wed on a mountain on a friend's ranch, but a snowstorm sent us to our alternate plan— a local country museum. Our friend Sandy Howe made a sheet cake using this recipe. Chock-full of nuts, pineapple and coconut, it's our favorite.

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Carrot Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling

Yield: 12-16 Servings

15 40 55

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups finely shredded carrots
1 cup flaked coconut
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe also in Recipe Finder)

Directions

In a bowl, beat sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to the sugar mixture alternately with eggs. Mix well. Stir in carrots, coconut, pineapple and 1/2 cup pecans. Pour into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Garnish with remaining nuts. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Originally published as Carrot Cake in Down the Aisle Country-Style , p52

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Reviewed on Nov. 06, 2011 by dgjere

Everyone loved this cake at work.

Reviewed on Jul. 30, 2011 by gma cansalot

I took this to work for a treat and it received a 5 star rating from everyone. Super moist

Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2010 by okredhead

this is an awesome carrot cake, I get great reviews and many request for every holiday. We used this as a grooms cake at our wedding was awesome Beth

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2010 by lucyriccardo

the amount of oil and sugar were too much... next time i do it i will reduce these... otherwise cake was very good.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2010 by Julie20fan

I forgot to rate this. It is deserving of five stars.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2010 by Julie20fan

This recipe was truly amazing. I made it for a friends birthday and it came out better than I thought. Absolutely perfect. I will definitely make this cake again. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

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