Donna Joy retired in 2021 and as a hobby sharing her award-winning carrot cake recipe. Carrot cake started Donna in the food industry. The moist, carrot pineapple cinnamon and nuts, topped with creamy cream cheese frosting will impress you.
BAKE AT HOME this award-winning gourmet carrot cake.
Make a delicious carrot cake from scratch. This is the best carrot cake. It’s so moist and flavorful and makes a large quantity of cake, 2 8″ round thicker layers or 3 8″ layer. Frost with cream cheese frosting and trimmed the cake in buttercream borders.
History of Donna Joy’s Award-Winning Carrot Cake Recipe
Donna Joy retired in 2021 and as a hobby sharing her award-winning carrot cake recipe. Carrot cake started Donna in the food industry. The light, moist, rich combination of carrots, crushed pineapple, nuts and spices topped with creamy cream cheese frosting will impress you. It melts in your mouth!
Carrot cake is how Donna transformed from the medical industry to the food industry. She sold her first professional cake to a restaurant long before opening a food establishment. This carrot cake was featured in her bakery-cafe. Other restaurants, coffee houses came requesting it, the first bride that hired Donna was for a carrot cake wedding cake!
Donna Joy an award-winning pastry chef, culinary artist, restaurant, bakery owner and founder, product developer Donna Joy’s® food processing.
Bake with ease a scratch gourmet carrot cake.
If you used Donna Joy’s ® Carrot Cake Mix you’ll find this recipe a larger batch size cake Carrot Cake Recipe
If you used Donna Joy’s ® Carrot Cake Mix you’ll find this a larger cake this recipe can be used by mixing all the dry ingredients together then storing it in a dry container and adding your wet ingredients when you bake it.
Blended with all the right ingredients to bring you a light and moist delicious cake from your fresh from your oven. This recipe is Dairy-Free, easily converted to Gluten Free, and vegan! Customize optional ingredients to match your taste buds and dietary needs.
Recipe options to fit your dietary needs. Dairy Free and Vegan Recipes available.
If you used Donna Joy’s ® Carrot Cake Mix you’ll find this a larger volume of cake batter
Blended with all the right ingredients to bring you a light and moist delicious cake from your fresh from your oven. Base recipes to fit your dietary need are coming soon, Donna Joy’s including Gluten free carrot cake, Vegan Carrot Cake. Have an allergy to nuts? Omitt them as this recipe is great without them!
Frost Carrot cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe – Donna Joy
Carrot Cake Recipe
Carrot Cake Recipe
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium12-15
servings20
minutes31
minutesAward winning Carrot Cake formulated and prepared Pastry Chef Donna Joy. Donna Joy’s Carrot Cake recipe is moist, carrot pineapple cinnamon and nuts, topped with creamy cream cheese frosting will impress you. A perfect cake!
Ingredients
1.5 cups Canola oil, vegetable oil
2 cups granulated Sugar
4 eggs
2 1/3 cups Cake Flour * Tip* You also can substitute all-purpose flour for cake flour by decreasing the amount of flour 1/3 cup.
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 cup ground Nuts, preferred Pecans
2 cups grated Carrots, 3 larger carrots Est 11 ounces =
2 ounces drained crushed pineapple
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease the sides and bottom of two 8” pans. For easy, removal line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Grate the carrots on the medium holes of a box grater. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, Whisk together all the dry ingredients. Set aside.
- Using a KitchenAid, stand mixer or an electric hand mixer, beat sugar and oil together.
- With the mixer running add one egg at time.
- With the mixer on medium-low speed, add ⅓ of the flour mixture at a time to the wet ingredients.
- Add the grated carrots once carrots are incorporated then add the pineapple and nuts.
- Divide the cake batter evenly between the prepared pans.
This batter size makes 8″ 2-layer cake or an 8″ 3-layer cake. - Bake based on the size and layer thickness.
8″ 3-layer cake for 22-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.
8″ 2-layer cake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out dry. - Cool at room temperature on a wire rack.
Once at room temperature, you can pe-pan. - Remove the cakes from pans. I follow the following process:
Run a spatula or knife around the edges. Loosen the cakes
lay out plastic wrap larger than the pan so there is enough to fully go around the cake.
Flip the pan in the middle of wrap. Cake should easily remove. Fold the edges of wrap making sure it overlaps onto plastic wrap.
**Using pan liners really is a cake saver!
Store in refrigerator on a flat cookie sheet or pan. - Frost Carrot cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe – Donna Joy
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