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Carrot Explosion Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing
Posted By TheMaleBaker
On March 29, 2011 @ 1:44 pm
In Cakes,Tried and True!
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Auctions…gotta love em. Have you ever been to one? Well, The Male Baker has and man was it a hoot! I enjoyed it so much that I didn’t even go, only my Carrot Cake did. I was asked by my friend Amy to bake a fancy dessert that she could take to her 7 year olds school auction. Once I heard of the task at hand, I got right down to business. I started pondering what kind of cake to bake, what to put in it and how to add some unique touches. Carrot Explosion Cake was the final decision. Not only did I throw a few curve balls in this cake, I threw a major one for the topping. Candied carrot, pecan and coconut sprinkled all over the cake to dress it for success.
The way it worked was that every table made bids on what order they could pick their dessert. Not only did all the proceeds go to the school, but you got to eat dessert before everyone else. After the night was done, my cake got picked third overall by the twenty some tables there. Success!!! If a big cake is not what you have in mind for your next baking extravaganza than just use this recipe and make some carrot cake muffins that everyone will love. Have fun!
Makes one large cake that can feed 10-12 folks
Ingredients:
Cake:
2 ½ cups All purpose flour
2 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Baking soda
¾ tsp Kosher salt
1 ¼ tsp Ground cinnamon
½ tsp Ground ginger
¼ tsp Freshly grated nutmeg
¼ tsp Ground clove
¼ cup Unsalted butter, softened
¾ cup Extra virgin olive oil
1 cup Firmly packed light brown sugar
½ cup Granulated sugar
2 tsp Pure vanilla extract
3 Large Eggs
½ cup 1% or 2% Milk
3 cups Grated carrot (peeled), about 6 large carrots
1 cup Finely chopped pineapple
¾ cup Finely chopped pecans, toasted
1 cup Fresh Coconut
Frosting:
16 ounces Cream cheese, about 2 packages softened
8 tbsp Unsalted butter, softened
2 tsp Pure vanilla extract
4 cups Confectioners’ sugar
Topping:
1 tsp Olive oil
1 cup Grated carrots, about 2 large carrots
¼ cup Chopped pecans
¼ cup Fresh coconut
¼ cup Golden brown sugar
Method:
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