My Legendary Carrot Cake

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My Legendary Carrot Cake - My quest for the best Carrot Cake recipe started when I tasted one slice of Carrot Cake on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Melbourne. I was coming home from Japan with my young children. It was a very long trip and I was extremely tired. The slice of cold and moist Carrot Cake tasted absolutely delicious. Great recipe for My Legendary Carrot Cake.

I was coming home from Japan with my young children.

It was a very long trip and I was extremely tired.

You can have My Legendary Carrot Cake using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients make My Legendary Carrot Cake

1. It's 1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour (*OR Plain Flour 1 & 1/2 cups & Baking Powder 1 teaspoon).
2. Prepare 1/2 cup Brown Sugar.
3. You need 1/2 cup Caster Sugar.
4. You need 1/2 teaspoon Salt *necessary!.
5. It's 2-3 teaspoons Cinnamon.
6. Prepare 3 cups Grated Carrots *tightly packed.
7. You need 1/2 cup Crushed Pineapple *drained well and tightly packed.
8. You need 1/2 cup Sultana Raisins.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup Walnuts *coarsely chopped.
10. Prepare 2 Large Eggs.
11. You need 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil *Note: Butter doesn’t work for this cake!.
12. You need 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract.

My Legendary Carrot Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a cake tin with baking paper. Grate plenty of carrots. If you can't get Crushed Pineapple, just finely chop up pineapple..
2. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until cooked through. *Note: If cup cakes, bake for 25 to 30 minutes. DO NOT overcook. DO NOT leave the cake in the oven to cool..
3. Let it cool completely. This cake tastes better when cold..
4. If you want frosting or icing, traditionally Cream Cheese Frosting is nice for this cake. You can make Cream Cheese Frosting by mixing following ingredients. The cake tastes great without the frosting!.
5. Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 50g Softened Butter 125g Softened Cream Cheese 1 cup Icing Sugar 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice.

My Legendary Carrot Cake - This is my first time ever making a carrot cake. I made this cake and followed all of the directions carefully. After reading all of the comments, I was a little skeptical about the buttermilk glaze, I cooked the glaze until it began to boil and I continued stirring it until it became a caramel brown. I made the best ever carrot cake for thanksgiving, (Never made a carrot cake before) my husband sampled a piece last night, his comment was this is better than any cake my Mama ever made. and coming from a southern mama's boy that is about the highest compliment you can get. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour. For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Thank you and good luck