{"id":51,"date":"2009-03-26T22:02:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/?p=51"},"modified":"2009-03-26T22:02:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T04:02:41","slug":"my-favorite-carrot-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Carrot Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago I found a recipe for Carrot Cake that I LOVE! It’s pretty easy to make and very moist and yummy. I think that the addition of crushed pineapple is especially fabulous. The original recipe came from AllRecipies.com (Marc Boyer)<\/a>. I only changed a couple of things to suit my liking… pecans instead of walnuts, use of a different pan size — the cake really doesn’t need modifying. Its super delicious as it is.<\/p>\n

Thanks Marc, for the fabulous cake!<\/p>\n

My Favorite Carrot Cake<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2 cups white sugar
\n3\/4 cup vegetable oil
\n3 eggs
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n3\/4 cup buttermilk
\n2 cups grated carrots
\n1 cup flaked coconut
\n1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
\n2 cups all-purpose flour
\n2 teaspoons baking soda
\n2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
\n1 1\/2 teaspoons salt
\n1 cup chopped pecans (original recipe called for walnuts)
\n1\/2 cup butter
\n1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n4 cups confectioners’ sugar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour pan(s) — 9×13 inch or (2) inch pans. Set aside.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a large bowl, mix together sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk. <\/span><\/p>\n

Stir in carrots, coconut, vanilla, and pineapple. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gently stir into carrot mixture. <\/span><\/p>\n

Stir in chopped nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan(s).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bake for 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cool completely before frosting.
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CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:<\/strong> <\/em>
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In a medium mixing bowl, combine butter or margarine, cream cheese, vanilla, and confectioners sugar. <\/span><\/p>\n

Blend until creamy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cake can be removed from pan, or frosted while still in the pan as desired. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I found a recipe for Carrot Cake that I LOVE! It’s pretty easy to make and very moist and yummy. I think that the addition of crushed pineapple is especially fabulous. The original recipe came from AllRecipies.com (Marc Boyer). I only changed a couple of things to suit my liking… pecans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5,22],"tags":[29,39,57,58,71],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cakes","category-dessert","category-frosting-fondant","tag-carrots","tag-cream-cheese","tag-pecans","tag-pineapple","tag-walnuts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spoon.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}