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Carrot Cake

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By Diana Rattray, About.com

An applesauce carrot cake with pecans.

Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups shredded carrots
  • 1 jar (16 ounces) applesauce
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg; set aside.

Beat eggs; add oil, sugar, and vanilla. Stir in carrots and applesauce. Add sifted dry ingredients, raisins and 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.

Pour batter into a bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan. Sprinkle remaining chopped nuts over the top and bake for 1 hour, or until cake tests done. A toothpick inserted in center should come out clean.

Frost with cream cheese frosting or glaze as desired.

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Great cake for pot lucks.September 15, 2007By sistercat51
"Great way to use up the garden bounty! I used homemade applesauce and fresh carrots. I was leary about the amount of batter (it seemed like alot) , but if you add everything up, it comes to about 12 cups and I looked up the capacity of Bundt cake pans and the standard size is 12 cups, so, it all fit and made a delicious, moist carrot cake. I made standard cream cheese frosting and drizzled it over the top. Freezes well (before frosting) and goes great in a lunch box."

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