Beths Carrot Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Whisk vegetable oil, white sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Stir oil mixture into flour mixture until a well-mixed batter forms.
• Fold carrots, pineapple, coconut, and walnuts into batter; pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour; cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, butter, and a dash vanilla extract together in a bowl until well blended; spread over cooled cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of one 13x9-inch pan or two 8-inch or 9-inch round pans with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed about 30 seconds or until blended. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the salt; beat on low speed 1 minute. Stir in carrots and nuts. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake 13x9-inch pan 40 to 45 minutes, round pans 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool rectangle in pan on cooling rack. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Frost 13x9-inch cake or fill and frost round layers with frosting. Sprinkle nutmeg on frosted cake, if desired. Store in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Mix vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla in a bowl; set aside.
• Place sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking powder, soda and salt in large bowl.
• Mix wet ingredients into dry till well blended.
• Fold in carrots, pinapple and nuts.
• Bake times are approximate (insert knife in center, cake is done when comes out clean).
• Spring Form pan: 60-70 minutes.
• Tube/Bundt pan: 50-60 minutes.
• Loaf pan: 40-50 minutes.
• 8" cake pans: 30-35 minutes.
• Again, this recipe makes several of the above. I usually make a two layer cake then maybe a loaf or mini loafs. I imagine you could make some nice muffins or sheet cake as well but I am not sure of the cook times. Top with your favorite cream cheese frosting or eat plain.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175°C.
• Grease and line an 8" square or round tin.
• Beat sugar, oil, treacle, golden syrup and eggs till smooth.
• Sieve flour, bicarb and cinnamon and fold into mixture. Mix well.
• Stir in grated carrots, coconut and walnuts and pour into prepared tin.
• Bake for 1 hour or until firm to the touch.
• Leave to cool a little in tin, then turn out onto rack and leave till cold.
• Beat the margarine with the icing sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Add enough water to make a thick but spreadable frosting.
• Decorate with walnut pieces.