Tropical Carrot Cake Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 piece)
  • Calories:
  • 552
  • Fat:
  • 23 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 7 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 57 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 320 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 83 g
  • Fiber:
  • 2 g
  • Protein:
  • 7 g


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Tropical Carrot Cake

Taste of Home

I look forward to August because our family reunion means fun and great food, like this moist classic cake with the special flair it gets from pineapple. My great-aunt gave me this recipe, and I always make it for the reunion. -Victoria Teeter-Casey, Enterprise, Oregon

SERVINGS: 12-16

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups finely shredded carrots
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 4 to 4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs,oil and buttermilk. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in vanilla, carrots, raisins, pineapple, walnuts and coconut; mix well. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool.
    For frosting, beat all ingredients in a mixing bowl until smooth. Frost cake. Yield: 12-16 servings.


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