Carrot Cake
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Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

It's the classic carrot cake with shredded carrots, coconut, raisins and walnuts. The moist, spiced cake is topped with the equally classic cream cheese icing.

Servings: 48 servings (1 serving = 1 Slice)
Cake Batter
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb 8.00 oz
7 cups
Gold Medal™ White Cake Mix (11132)
5 lb
1 box
Carrots, fresh, shredded
8 oz
2 cups
Walnuts, chopped
8 oz
2 cups
Shredded coconut
8 oz
2 cups
Raisins
10 oz
2 cups
Vanilla extract
2 Tbsp
Cinnamon, ground
2 Tbsp
Nutmeg, ground
1 Tbsp
Ginger, dried, ground
2 tsp
Icing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Cream cheese, softened
6 lb
12 cups
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
2 lb
3 1/4 cups
Finishing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Batter
  1. Mix half of the water and the entire cake mix in mixer bowl using paddle attachment on medium speed 2 minutes.
  2. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle. Add remaining water. Mix 2 minutes on low speed.
  3. Add carrots, walnuts, coconut, raisins, vanilla and spices to batter. Mix on low speed 1 minute.
  4. Deposit 1 lb 5 oz of batter into each of 8 well greased 8-inch round cake pans.
  5. Bake as directed below and allow to cool.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
25-30 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
28-33 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 12 minutes of baking.
Icing
  1. Stir cream cheese in mixer with paddle attachment 5 minutes on medium speed.
  2. Add vanilla icing, and mix on low speed until smooth, approx. 1 minute.
  3. Refrigerate until ready to assemble cake. Use two 8-inch layers for each cake.
  4. Spread approx. 10 oz icing on bottom cake layer. Place second cake layer on top of icing.
  5. Frost top and side of cake with approx. 22 oz of the remaining icing.
  • Check out our recipe for the classic Carrot Cake. A delicious recipe featuring only the best products from General Mills Convenience and Foodservice.
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 Slice
Calories
680
Calories from Fat
330
% Daily Value
Total Fat
36g
56%
Saturated Fat
19g
97%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
60mg
21%
Sodium
660mg
27%
Total Carbohydrate
80g
27%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
59g
Protein
7g
Vitamin A
30%
30%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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