And thanks to the person who posted the "Best Pound Cake" - I just had to make
it right away and it's ultra delicious!
Canadian Carrot
Cake
• 2 cups
All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Baking
powder
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 3/4 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
• 3/4 cup Each
granulated and packed brown sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 3/4 cup olive
oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 2 cups Grated
carrots
• 1 cup Drained
canned crushed pineapple
• 1/2 cup
Chopped pecans
ICING:
• 1 Pkg (8
oz/250 g) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup
Butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp
Vanilla
• 1 cup Icing
sugar
Grease and flour
13- x 9-inch metal cake pan; set aside. In large bowl, whisk together flour,
baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In separate bowl, beat
together granulated and brown sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla until smooth; pour
over flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Stir in carrots, pineapple
and pecans. Spread in prepared pan. Bake in centre of 350°F oven for 40 minutes
or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on
rack.
ICING: In bowl,
beat cream cheese with butter until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in icing
sugar, one-third at a time, until smooth. Spread over top of cake. (Make-ahead:
Cover loosely and refrigerate for up to I day.)
Set timer for 5
minutes less than the time specified in recipe, check cake then for the
following signs. If the cake is not done, return it to the oven to finish
baking.
WHEN IS THE CAKE
DONE:
A fully baked
cake will spring back when touched in the center. The cake also draws away from
the side of the pan, and a cake tester (a toothpick of skewer works well)
inserted in the center comes out clean. Also trust your sense of smell: the
fresh aroma of butter and sugar wafting out of the oven can be the signal to
check the cake.
When cakes
emerge from the oven, their structure is set, but the set is still fragile. Let
cakes stand in pans on rack for time specified in each recipe, usually 15 to 20
minutes. Run knife around edge of cake, then place rack over pan and invert
cake onto rack to cool completely.
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