Spelt Carrot Pineapple Coconut Walnut Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, toss together the carrots, walnuts, pineapple, raisins, and coconut with 1/2 cup of the flour to coat them and keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake batter.
• Sift together the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.
• In a mixer with a whip attachment, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy (the "ribbon" stage) then drizzle in the vegetable oil. Fold in the dry ingredients and pour over the carrot mixture. Fold carefully to blend, then pour the batter into a buttered, floured 10 by 3-inch cake pan containing a circle of parchment paper in the bottom. Bake until firm to the touch in the center, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Let cool on a rack and then turn out. Dust the top with powdered sugar and cut into wedges to serve.

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
• 2. Mix all ingredients (except cream cheese, pineapple juice and powdered sugar) together and gently pour into cake pan.
• 3. Bake 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Sit for 5 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely.
• 4. Beat the room temperature cream cheese till fluffy. Add half the powdered sugar and half the pineapple juice and beat, then add remaining and beat till smooth and runny.
• 5. Pour frosting over cooled cake and top with crushed walnuts.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Make a well in the center and add sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in carrots, coconut, walnuts and pineapple.
• Pour into 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Don't panic, the center will sink a little. Allow to cool.
• To make the frosting: Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the confectioners sugar and beat until creamy.