Out of this World Carrot Cake Recipe with Callie's Cream Cheese Icing

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 2 cup Carrot
  • 1 cup Pineapple
  • 1 cup Raisins

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salts
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups White sugar

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/2 cup Oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 cup Coconut
  • 1/2 cup Walnuts

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Sour milk

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Description

Ingredients

• 1½ cups white sugar
• ½ cup oil
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup sour milk, put 1 tsp lemon juice in a your measuring cup and then fill to ¾ cup with milk, let sit for 3-5 minutes
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour, I did one cup whole wheat one cup all purpose
• 2½ tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salts
• 2 cup finely shredded carrot. (dont do the big shred or they will still be a little crunchy even after cooking)
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, dont drain
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• ½ cup walnuts, plus more for garnish on frosted cake if desired
• 1 cup raisins (optional) (I do not add raisins)
• See recipe for Frosting under this recipe

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease and flour two circle cake pans. (I also lined mine with a cutout of waxed paper to make them come out nice and perfect (picture below)
• In your mixer or with a hand mixer, combine sugar, oil, eggs and milk. Mix well.
• Add vanilla and mix until combined
• Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
• Next fold in the carrots, nuts, coconut, pineapple and raisins(if using). Fold them in until they are evenly distributed throughout the cake.
• Pour half of the batter into each cake pan.
• Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center of cake.
• Let cool completely before frosting.