Hawaiian Carrot Cake Recipes

Steps:

• 1 Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray or oil two 9-inch (1.5-L) round cake pans. 2 Finely chop drained pineapple, place in a sieve and press with a spoon to remove as much juice as possible. Grate carrots using a food processor. Measure out 4 cups (1 L) and set aside. Place flour in a large bowl. Sprinkle with baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir until blended. 3 Place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar, then beat on medium for about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, then vanilla. Beating on low speed, add about a third of flour mixture and beat just until mixed, followed by half the milk. Repeat additions, ending with flour. Batter will be very thick. Gradually mix in pineapple and carrots. 4 Divide between pans. Spread to pan sides. To remove air pockets, bang pans on counter 5 to 6 times. Bake until centres seem set when lightly tapped, from 40 to 45 minutes. Place on a baking rack to cool. After about 15 minutes, turn cakes out of pans and cool completely on racks. It's best to bake cakes a day ahead of icing and leave at room temperature overnight. 5 Cut cream cheese into chunks. Place butter in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and beat in cream cheese, piece by piece. Beating too much will cause thinning. Add about a third of the icing sugar and beat on low until just mixed in. Scrape sides of bowl and beaters occasionally. Gradually add remaining sugar, beating just until smooth. If too thick or thin, work in a little sour cream or sugar. Remove about a quarter of the icing to be used on top cake layer and set aside. Stir coconut into the remaining icing. 6 Slice cakes horizontally in half. Place top of 1 cake, dome-side down, on a platter. Spread with a third of the coconut icing leaving a narrow border of cake around edge. Lay the bottom of that cake, cut-side down, on top. Spread with half the remaining coconut icing, leaving a narrow cake border. Top with the bottom half of the second cake, cut-side down. Spread with the remaining coconut icing, leaving a cake border. Top with the fi nal layer, cut-side down. Spread with plain icing right to the edges. Garnish with toasted, fresh coconut. Best to refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving. TIP: For fresh coconut curls, break open a coconut (see below) and remove the meat from the shell. Leave the brown skin on if you like. Using a vegetable peeler, shave long curls from the largest piece of coconut. Spread curls out on a foil-lined baking sheet. Place in a 300°F (150°C) oven until they dry a little and curl. Watch closely since this will happen in 5 to 6 minutes and then they can burn quickly. To open a coconut, penetrate through the softest of three "eyes" at the end of the coconut with a screwdriver, drain the water and place the shell in a 400°F (200°C) oven for 15 minutes to soften, then place in a towel and whack with a hammer until it breaks open.

Steps:

• Grease a 9 inch tube pan or 13 x 9 baking dish.
• Stir together first 5 ingredients in medium bowl.
• In large bowl beat eggs, sugar, mayonaise and pineapple until well blended.
• Gradually beat in the flour mixture to the egg mixture.
• Stir in carrots and walnuts if using and mix well.
• Pour into your pan and bake in 350 F oven 60 minutes for tube pan or 50 minutes for baking dish or until done.
• Cool, remove from pan and frost with cream cheese icing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9 inch tube mold or bundt cake mold.
• In a medium mixing bowl, mix together the first 5 ingredients.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the eggs and sugar, yogurt(or mayonnaise) and the drained crushed pineapple.
• Incorporate gradually the dry ingredients, mixing well.
• Add the carrots and nuts, mix well.
• Pour the cake batter into cake mold and bake in 350°F oven for 50-60 minutes.
• Let cool, and unmold onto cake rack.
• Ice the cake with cream cheese icing, garnish with toasted coconut.