World's Best Carrot Cake
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 23 cup flour, all-purpose
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon ground
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1 cup brown sugar light, firmly packed
- 1 cup sugar granulated
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 pound carrots grated
- 8 ounces pineapple, canned, crushed drained
- 1/2 cup raisins, seedless
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- 1 cup coconut flaked
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 teaspoons orange zest grated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 16 ounces powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Grease and flour three 8-inch cake pans and line the bottoms with wax paper.
- Grease and flour wax paper.
- In a medium size bowl combine flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
- Set aside.
- Combine sugars buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla in large bowl; stir until all ingredients are well blended.
- Add flour mixture to buttermilk mixture along with carrots, pineapple, walnuts, coconut and raisins, stirring just until well mixed.
- Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
- Loosen cake layers from edges of pans with a sharp knife and invert onto wire racks.
- Peel off wax paper and cool completely.
- To make frosting, combine butter and cream cheese in large mixing bowl; beat until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar, orange rind and vanilla, mixing well.
- Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
- Garnish with marzipan carrots (optional).
- Cover and refrigerate overnight before cutting.
whole wheat flour, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon ground, nutmeg, ginger, brown sugar, sugar, buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, carrots, pineapple, raisins, walnuts, coconut flaked, cream cheese, butter, orange zest, vanilla, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/worlds-best-carrot-cake-36815 (may not work)