Here's an old-fashioned carrot cake that's got more carrots than spice. Pecans can be substituted for walnuts.
Prep
25 min
Cook
24 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
0.75 cups vegetable oil
0.75 cups buttermilk
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
, divided
2 cups grated carrots
1
, 15 ounce
1 cup flaked coconut
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1.5 teaspoons salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1
, 8 ounce
0.5 cups butter
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish; set aside.
2
Mix together sugar, oil, buttermilk, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Stir in carrots, pineapple, and coconut. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl; gently stir into carrot mixture. Mix in nuts until incorporated. Spread batter into the prepared dish.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
4
Beat together confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, butter, and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Frost cooled cake while still in the dish.
Nutrition per serving
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