{"id":390,"date":"2010-03-15T18:14:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2012-03-23T13:03:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T20:03:27","slug":"surprise-carrot-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookingwithcandra.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/surprise-carrot-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Carrot Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is my most requested cake and once you make it and taste it, you will know why. It is spectacular! People always ask “What’s the surprise?” and I always answer, “It doesn’t have any carrots.” Then I crack up laughing.<\/p>\n

That really isn’t the surprise at all. Traditionally, people make carrot cake frosted with a cream cheese icing, but not me. I make a cream cheese filling, which I bake inside of my carrot cake. It’s a nice surprise. Most of the time I frost my finished cake with regular butter cream<\/a> and sprinkle it with toasted coconut flakes, but sometimes, I just dust each slice with icing sugar. It’s also tasty eaten plain. The choice is yours.<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/h2>\n

Yield: One bundt cake (10-12 servings)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Please watch video for procedures and baking instructions.<\/li>\n
  2. Leave cake in pan for about ten minutes after you take it from the oven, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack. Frost as desired. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    Ingredients (Cake Batter):<\/h2>\n
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    • 3 cups of Grated Carrots<\/li>\n
    • 2 cups of All-purpose Flour<\/li>\n
    • 1 and 3\/4 cups of Sugar<\/li>\n
    • 2 tsps of Baking Soda<\/li>\n
    • 1 tsp of Salt<\/li>\n
    • 2 tsps of Ground Cinnamon<\/li>\n
    • 1 cup of Vegetable Oil<\/li>\n
    • 3 large Eggs, beaten<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup of Raisins (optional)<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup of Chopped Pecans or Walnuts (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Ingredients (Cream Cheese Filling):<\/h2>\n
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      • 250 gram pkg. of Cream Cheese, softened to room temperature<\/li>\n
      • 1\/4 cup of Sugar<\/li>\n
      • 1 large Egg, beaten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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