Whole Wheat Carrot Cake
- 1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
- 2/3 c. flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 3/4 c. sugar
- 1 1/4 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
- 3/4 c. vegetable oil
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 lb. carrots, scraped and grated
- 1 c. flaked coconut
- 1 c. chopped walnuts
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a
- medium
- bowl, combine first 7 ingredients and set aside. In
- a
- large mixing bowl, combine sugars, oil, buttermilk, vanilla
- and
- eggs;
- stir until all ingredients are well blended. Add
- flour
- mixture, pineapple, carrots, coconut and walnuts, stirring
- just until blended.
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Lightly grease
- 3 (8-inch) round cake pans.
- Cut rounds of wax paper to fit
- pans
- and line bottoms of pans with it.
- Grease and flour wax paper.
- Pour batter evenly into pans.
- Bake for 30 minutes
- or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool
- in pans for 10 minutes; loosen cake layers from sides of
- pans
- with a
- sharp knife.
- Invert onto wire racks. Peel off
- wax
- paper
- and let
- cool completely.
- Spread Cream Cheese Frosting
- between layers,
- on
- top
- and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate overnight before you cut.
whole wheat flour, flour, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, sugar, brown sugar, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, eggs, pineapple, carrots, flaked coconut, walnuts, cream cheese frosting
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=769201 (may not work)