Awesome Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups grated carrots
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
¾ cup vegetable oil
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
¾ cup chopped pecans
3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
1 (8 ounce) package Neufchatel cheese
½ cup butter, softened
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Nutrition Info

369.2 calories
carbohydrate: 46.5 g
cholesterol: 48.3 mg
fat: 19.6 g
fiber: 1.6 g
protein: 4 g
saturatedFat: 5.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 259.8 mg
sugar: 36.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

  2. In a large bowl, combine grated carrots, flour, white sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in eggs, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, pineapple and 3/4 cup chopped pecans. Spoon batter into prepared pan.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

  4. To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, Neufchatel cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla. Beat until smooth, then stir in 1 cup chopped pecans. Spread on cooled cake.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9x13 inch cake

Recipe Note

This straightforward recipe delivers moist, dense, and delicious carrot cake with pineapple under a cream cheese frosting.

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