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Carrot Cake with Coconut
From flowers blooming, birds chirping and your sudden desire to make the most delicious Carrot Cake with Coconut, it's clear that spring has sprung! Serving up a slice of this easy carrot cake recipe with cake mix and sweet cream cheese frosting is almost a rite of passage as the seasons change! This recipe requires no peeling and shredding carrots, thanks to Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix. With the addition of shredded coconut, the cake is supremely moist, and plump raisins and crunchy chopped nuts lend it an out-of-this-world texture. A little orange peel adds zestiness to the cream cheese frosting that truly makes all the difference. Frost yours generously and watch this easy carrot cake recipe disappear, just like the winter snow!
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 45m⏳ Prep: 25 min👤 Betty Crocker Kitchens📖 bettycrocker
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
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- oven
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or 13x9-inch pan and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, orange juice, oil, pineapple, orange peel, vanilla and eggs on low speed ⏱️ 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed ⏱️ 2 minutes. Stir in nuts, coconut and raisins. Pour into pans.
(8 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained1 canorange peel1 teaspoonto 2 teaspoons orange peel, if desired1vanilla1 teaspooneggs4
2
Bake 8- or 9-inch rounds 30 to ⏱️ 35 minutes, 13x9-inch pan 37 to ⏱️ 43 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool ⏱️ 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes; remove rounds from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about ⏱️ 1 hour.
3
Stir orange peel into frosting. Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting or frost top of 13x9-inch cake. Store in refrigerator.
(8 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained1 canorange peel1 teaspoonto 2 teaspoons orange peel, if desired1
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