Lynn's Carrot Cake

18 Reviews

Prep: 30 min
Cook: 30 min
Ready In: 1 hr

“A special carrot cake with chocolate and pineapple. This is great with the coconut cream cheese frosting.” - by Lynn

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Original recipe yields 1 - 3 layer 9 inch round cake

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa, set aside. In another bowl, stir together the eggs, vanilla and oil. Stir in the dry ingredients until they are completely absorbed. Fold in the carrots and pineapple. Pour the batter evenly between the three prepared pans.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. To make the frosting, combine the cream cheese, butter and confectioners sugar in a medium bowl. Beat until smooth, then stir in the coconut and nuts. Frost cake when cool.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
859 cal
43%

Fat
51.4 g
79%

Carbs
97.6 g
31%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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ELVISCOSTELLOFAN

Mar. 31, 2005

"This is an excellent cake recipe that makes moist, delicious muffins. I substituted 1 cup of Splenda Granular for 1 cup of the sugar, and I replaced 1 cup of the oil with 1 cup of unsweetened applesa..." See moreuce. I got 18 large muffins out of this recipe, and the crumb is so moist, you won't miss the frosting!"

KJHOLMES

Oct. 9, 2002

"I made this for my daughter's birthday. It was moist and really good. I used an Italian Cream Cheese Frosting recipe that I have been using for a long time. I will make it again...." See more"

Indiana Peggy

Sep. 1, 2003

"This cake is moist and delicious. One little change: I used 1 cup of oil and 1/2 cup orange juice instead of the 1 1/2 cup oil. Also used chocolate fudge icing. But it's good enough to serve w/o f..." See morerosting. Everyone loved the cake and wanted recipe. Thanks!"

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