Why so much oil in carrot cake recipes?
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please help me find a recipe (Sherry's Carrot Cake)
Comments (17)Note that the leavening is baking soda...and as of NOW the directions in also say soda instead of powder as in the first I posted....and now I will correct it on my copy too!!! Carrot cake Julie Ts 3 eggs 3/4 cup vegetable oil 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 2 tsps cinnamon 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple, drained 2 cups grated carrots 1/2 cup raisins chopped with 1 Tablespoon of flour Buttermilk glaze 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup butter 1 Tblsp light corn syrup 1 tsp vanilla Orange Cream Cheese Frosting 1/2 cup softened butter 4 oz softened cream cheese 1 tsp vanilla 3 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp orange juice 1 tsp grated orange rind Preheat oven to 350 With a mixer Beat eggs, add oil and buttermilk, sugar and vanilla. beat to combine. Stir together flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda and stir into batter. stir in pineapple, carrots and raisins. Pour into a greased 8 by 13 pan or 2 greased round 9 inch cake pans. Bake 35 to 45 minutes until set in the middle. Remove from the oven and immediatly spread with the buttermilk glaze. Cool completely and frost with the cream cheese frosting. Buttermilk glaze: In a medium sauce pan ( don't use a small pan) combine all ingredients but vanilla. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes stirring often...it will bubble a lot. It should be a light caramel color, stir in vanilla and pour over the cake Cream cheese frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until light add vanilla powd. sugar and juice and rind...beat until smooth and frost the cooled cake....See Moresomething turned green in carrot cake
Comments (8)Maybe that splains why my Yam Spice Cake turned green. (Made with sweet potatoes.) Wasn't just bits but the whole darned cake turned a bright pistachio green. The cake was wonderful but I only made it the one time because the color was so off-putting. Will have to try it again w/ an eye to the baking soda....See Morewhat is wrong with this carrot cake recipe?
Comments (11)Why not just use my recipe? the difference is 3/4 cup of butter milk for 3/4 cup of oil, an extra teaspoon of cinnamon...vanilla extract, no baking powder ( even though in the directions it says add baking powder...it means soda!) And crushed pineapple. You can skip the glaze....but it's really good. Frankly i don't know what the results would be to sub butter milk for 3/4 cup of the oil without other adjustments. But I do know this recipe works... Here is a link that might be useful: Carrot cake...See MoreRECIPE: Carrot Cake
Comments (1)I like the 1/2c oil and the applesauce. Sounds good. Thanks for sharing it....See More- 16 years ago
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