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- From: ebergman@phaedrus.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Bergman)
- Subject: Carrot Cake
- Message-ID: <m9cpm1INNpd@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Keywords: carrot cake yum
- Organization: SunSoft, Inc.
- References: <bmfogar-130993154520@159.70.37.113>
- Date: 15 Sep 1993 00:50:09 GMT
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- This is from a friend -- I've been making this for
- about 12 years. I am a very big carrot cake fan, and
- I have yet to taste a better one than this in any
- restaurant or friend's house!
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- Carrot Cake
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- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
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- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 3/4 cups coarsely grated carrots
- 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple (drained)
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
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- Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil, and eggs.
- Add flour mixture a little at a time, mixing well after
- each addition. Add carrots, pineapple, nuts, and coconut and
- blend thoroughly.
- Turn into either:
- -- 3 greased and floured cake pans
- -- 1 9x12 greased and floured cake pan (deep)
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- Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. If removing cake from pan,
- let cool for about ten minutes before removal. Cool completely.
- Frost w/cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake will keep well in
- refrigerator for at least a week.
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- Cream Cheese Frosting
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- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1 pound package confectioner's sugar
- (start w/about 1/2 pound and add to taste - 1 lb may be too sweet)
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- Soften butter and cream cheese. Cream together with vanilla.
- Sift in confectioner's sugar and blend well. If too thick,
- add one teaspoon of milk to thin frosting.
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