Debbies Carrot Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and nuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter in a small bowl until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost cake. Sprinkle with additional nuts. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• For the cake: Position the racks to divide the oven into thirds and preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour three 9-inch round, 2-inch deep cake pans, flour the insides and tap out the excess.
• Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside. In another bowl, stir together the carrots, chopped nuts, coconut and raisins.
• Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl with a whisk, beat the sugar and oil together until smooth. Add the eggs one by one and continue to beat until the batter is even smoother. If you are working in a mixer, reduce the speed to low, if you're working by hand switch to a large rubber spatula, and gently stir in the flour mixture - mix only until the dry ingredients disappear. Just as gently, stir in the chunky ingredients.
• Divide the batter among the baking pans and slide the pans into the oven. Bake the cakes for 40 to 50 minutes, rotating the pans top to bottom and front to back at the midway point. The cakes are properly baked when a knife inserted into the centers of the cakes comes out clean; the cakes will just start to come away from the edges. Transfer the pans to cooling racks, cool for 5 minutes, then turn out onto racks to cool to room temperature. (At this point, the cakes can be wrapped airtight and kept at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to 2 months; thaw before frosting.)
• For the frosting: Working in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar and continue to beat until the frosting is velvety smooth. Beat in the lemon juice or extract.
• If you'd like to have coconut in the filling, scoop out about 1/2 of the frosting and stir the coconut into this portion.
• To frost the cake, place one layer of the cake, right-side up, on a cardboard round or a cake plate. If you've added coconut to the frosting, use half of coconut frosting to generously cover the first layer. Use an offset spatula or a spoon to smooth the frosting all the way to the edges of the layer. Top with the second layer, this time placing the cake top-side down. Frost with the remainder of the coconut frosting. Top with the last layer, right-side up and use the plain frosting to cover the top - and the sides, if you want - of the cake. Finish the top layer with swirls of frosting. If you want to top the cake with toasted nuts or coconut, sprinkle on these ingredients now, while the frosting is soft. Slide the cake into the refrigerator for 15 minutes, just to set the frosting.
• Serving: The cake can be served as soon as the frosting is set. It can also wait, at room temperature and covered with a cake keeper, overnight. The cake is best served in thick slices at room temperature and, while it's good plain, it's better with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or even some lemon curd with a little whipped cream folded in.
• Storing: Covered the cake will keep at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. It can also be frozen, uncovered, and then, when it is firmed, wrapped airtight and kept in the freezer for up to 2 months; defrost, still wrapped, in the refrigerator overnight.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10x15x2 inch baking dish or 10 inch Bundt pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a separate larger bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar and vanilla by hand. Stir in the oil; the mixture should resemble pudding.
• Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, then fold in the carrots, pineapple, coconut, walnuts and raisins.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and spread evenly.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a small knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Frost with cream cheese frosting of your choice.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 10 350. *Grease and flour 3 9" cake pans. Cream sugars and butter. Beat in vanilla, Add eggs 1 at a time beating well. In another bowl mix dry ingredients. Add to butter mixture, alternating with juice. Stir in carrots, sweet potato, apple, pineapple, and pecans. Divide into the 3 pans. bake in middle rack for 25-30 min. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks for 15-20 minutes. Then turn then out of their pans to continue to cool. While still warm, brush with the cream. *Cutting out parchment paper and greasing it and lining the pans with it makes the process of removing them from the pans a lot easier. Beat cheese and butter till smooth. Add vanilla, and lemon juice, beat until just combines. Gradually beat in sugar till smooth. Beat cheese and butter till smooth. Add vanilla, and lemon juice, beat until just combines. Gradually beat in sugar till smooth. Place a layer of cake on serving plate and spread with a thin layer of frosting. Repeat with all layers. Frost the top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Garnish with chopped pecans if desired. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.