Another Carrot Cake recipe - uses carrot puree (aka carrot baby food)

deb-in-mi

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This cake was incredibly delicious and pretty easy to make.

Source: Professional chef James Rosselle

CARROT CAKE Yield: Two 8" (20-cm) cake layers

Ingredients

• 3 cups (360 g) all-purpose flour

• 3 cups (675 g) granulated sugar

• 1 tablespoon baking soda

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1½ cups (360 ml) vegetable oil

• 4 eggs

• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

• 1½ cups (360 ml) carrot purée

• 1 cup (225 g) chopped, well-drained pineapple

• 1 cup (125 g) chopped pecans

• 1 cup (60 g) shredded coconut

• 1 cup (150 g) raisins

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C).

2. Prepare two 8" (20-cm) cake pans with nonstick spray, a butter-flour mixture or parchment paper.

3. Put the dry ingredients in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low speed to combine.

4. In another bowl, combine all the wet ingredients, including the carrot purée, and whisk to combine.

5. With the mixer is on low speed, add half of the wet ingredients and mix to combine.

6. Scrape bottom and sides of the bowl.

7. Add the other half of the wet ingredients and mix to combine. 8. Add the drained pineapple, pecans, coconut and raisins. (These are optional and can be adapted to your personal preference.)

9. Divide batter evenly between the two cake pans.

10. Bake the layers for 30 to 35 minutes, or until done.

11. Allow the layers to cool at room temperature before de-panning, and then wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before torting and filling

 
Deb, I always steam my organic carrots and then buzz them to a puree in the food processor. The

taste is very good and it makes cutting the cake much easier. However, you don't get the "It's a carrot cake" orange flake image unless you also add some freshly shredded to the puree.

I was working on a version that could be cut easily for 320 servings. I also left out the coconut because it kept catching on the knife.

 
I agree about the carrot visual. But the cake was so delicious

and cut so beautifully that I decided to continue making as is. Even if people don't 'get' that it's a carrot cake they get that it's yummy.

In the past when I did use shredded carrots I used to cook them/microwave them a tad so they would be a bit more tender/moist.

 
REC: Our family favorite has carrot baby food - Greg's Birthday Coconut Carrot Sheetcake

I have made this as the 12"x18" and cut it into 12"x6" sections to make a 3-layer cake with filling and top frosted but not the sides. Recipe has both the baby food and the grated carrots, but no pineapple. Colleen

Greg's Birthday Coconut Carrot Cake Bars
1 cup raisins plumped in hot water
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsps baking soda
2 1/2 tsps cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup of grated carrots
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
12 oz carrot baby food
toasted macadamia or walnuts (opt)
2 cups coconut (1 in cake - save 1 cup for frosting)
8 oz softened cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1 1/2 tsps vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
toasted macadamia or walnuts (opt)
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour (we use finely ground almonds in place of flour) a 12"x18"x2" jelly roll pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda, spices and salt. Set aside. 2) In a food processor, grate carrots and set aside. Change to blade. Beat sugar and eggs for 20 seconds. Add oil slowly in a stream. Process 20 seconds. Scrape into a large bowl. 3) Stir in baby food, 1 cup of coconut, raisins, nuts (opt) and grated carrots. Add flour mixture and stir until no streaks appear - do not over mix 4) Spread batter into the pan. Bake for 20-35 minutes. Allow cake to cool before icing. 5) Make cream cheese icing by combining cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract in a medium bowl. Beat in sugar until smooth. 6) Ice cooled cake. Sprinkle with remaining coconut and/or nuts.

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DH's mother always made a cake she called prune cake using baby food--very like this. you could

use applesauce for a different cake.

 
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