Printable Recipe: Moist Carrot Cake Recipe

Moist Carrot Cake Recipe

This wonderful, moist carrot cake recipe is the one of the best --and most classic-- Easter dessert recipes you'll ever make. And making it just once means you'll make it again... and again... and again. Because you'll never stop getting requests.

What makes this Easter carrot cake recipe so moist? The addition of crushed pineapple. It doesn't lend much pineapple flavor to the cake, but fills it with a wonderful moisture. The extra moisture does make the cake sink slightly in the middle in some cases... but as long as you use the two cake tops as the middle of your layer cake, it comes out perfect and beautiful.

This recipe serves about 12-14. You may have a little of the wonderful cream cheese carrot cake frosting recipe leftover, but believe me... you'll eat it! Not as sweet as most frostings, it's ultra creamy and ridiculously delicious. But hey, indulge yourself... after all, it's Easter!

Ingredients:
2 C. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 3/4 C. granulated sugar
1 C. vegetable oil
3 lg. eggs
2 tsp. real vanilla extract
2 C. peeled, shredded carrots
1 C. dry flaked coconut
1 C. chopped walnuts
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained well

Cream Cheese Frosting:
16 oz. cream cheese, softened (full fat is best)
1/2 C. salted butter, softened
4 C. powdered sugar

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Butter and flour two 9 inch cake pans. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Mix with a fork.

4. Add sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix well with a wooden spoon.

5. Add the grated carrots, shredded coconut, walnuts, and well-drained crushed pineapple. Mix well.

6. Divide batter evenly between your two prepared pans. Bake about 40 minutes.

7. Let cool on wire racks. Allow to cool completely before removing from pan and applying frosting.

8. Frost generally with cream cheese frosting and decorate as desired with nuts, piped frosting carrots, etc.

9. Sit back and wait to be complimented on your perfect, moist carrot cake recipe!

To make frosting:

1. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese until fluffy.

2. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, until thick and creamy.