Easter Recipe: The Most Amazing Carrot Cake Ever

Jessica Vivian
Jessica Vivian, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Apr 1, 2011 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."
Good luck keeping the Easter bunny away from this moist, perfect carrot cake! White chocolate cream cheese frosting takes it from simple to sublime.
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
American
Main Ingredients
Baking
Prep Time
 30 min
Cook Time
 35 min
Total Time
1 hrs  5 min

Ingredients

Serves 18
1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Salt
2/3 cup Vegetable Oil
3 large Eggs
1 1/2 c Shredded or Grated Carrots
1 tsp Orange Zest
1 small can Canned Crushed Pineapple
3/4 c chopped Pecans (optional)
8 oz, or 1 package Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Butter (room temp)
6 oz White chocolate
4 cups, sifted Confectioner's Sugar
2 Vanilla
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Directions for Easter Recipe: The Most Amazing Carrot Cake Ever

1
For the Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour one 13 x 9 inch pan.
2
In a large bowl, whisk together the first eight ingredients until incorporated. Set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil and eggs. Next, stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.Then, stir in carrots, orange zest, crushed pineapple and pecans if you are using them until well distributed.Scrape into pan and spread evenly. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Let cake cool completely before frosting.
3
For the frosting
In a double boiler, or in a small glass bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt white chocolate with a few tablespoons of milk or water to encourage smoothness. Set aside, let cool to room temperature. Beat cream cheese on medium speed for 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth. Add butter and vanilla and beat an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Add melted and cooled white chocolate, beat 2 minutes until smooth.Gradually, on low speed, add confectioners sugar one cup at a time, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula between additions.
Tip
To avoid a dry, sad cake be sure to let all ingredients come to room temperature. The cream cheese, however, should remain cold.When melting the white chocolate, it may be necessary to add a few tablespoons of milk to encourage smoothness.. If the milk is too cold, the chocolate my seize and separate. No biggie, you're baking for family! You can still beat it into the frosting and it will still taste great, albeit slightly lumpy.Prepare frosting while cake is baking.

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