Carrot Cake III
This is a moist and delicious carrot cake that is easy to make. It has a wonderful cream cheese frosting that makes it special.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs, 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 cups whole wheat flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 3 cups grated carrots ,1 cup chopped pineapple , ½ cup butter , 8 ounces cream cheese , softened 4 cups confectioners’ sugar , 1 teaspoon vanilla extract , 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, brown sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
3. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots then fold in pecans before pouring the mixture into the prepared pan.
4. Bake cake for 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center of cake; let cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire rack to finish cooling completely.’
5.’To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl,’combine butter, cream cheese softened, confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until smooth and creamy then stir in chopped pecans’before frosting cooled cake
Nutrition Facts
- Serving size: 1/12 of a recipe (4.4 ounces).
- Calories: 482.7
- Total Fat: 28.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 8.0 g
- Cholesterol: 97.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 51.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
- Protein: 6.5 g
