Chocolate Carrot Cake
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Chocolate Carrot Cake

Chocolate Carrot Cake

There's only one way to make traditional carrot cake better: Add chocolate, with Gold Medal™ Devil’s Food Cake Mix.

Servings: 64 servings
Cake
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb
6 cups
Vegetable oil
15 oz
2 cups
Eggs, large
10 oz
5 each
Gold Medal™ Devil's Food Cake Mix (11112)
5 lb
1 box
Cinnamon, ground
2 Tbsp
Nutmeg, ground
1 tsp
Cloves, ground
1/2 tsp
Carrots, fresh, shredded
2 lb
9 cups
Raisins
8 oz
1 3/4 cups
Pecans, chopped
8 oz
2 cups
Cream Cheese Icing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Cream cheese, softened
1 lb 8.00 oz
3 1/2 cups
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
1 lb 8.00 oz
3 cups
Batter
  1. Add 1.5 lb water, oil, eggs, cake mix, and spices in mixer bowl fitted with whisk attachment.
  2. Mix on high speed 2 minutes. Add remaining water gradually while mixing on low speed and continue mixing for 1 minute.
  3. Stop mixer and scrape bowl. Add carrots, raisins and pecans to batter.
  4. Mix on low speed 2 minutes. Deposit batter into a greased or parchment-lined full sheet pan.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
31-37 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
42-47 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 15 minutes of baking.
Cream Cheese Icing
  1. Place cream cheese into mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment.
  2. Mix on medium speed 2 minutes. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle.
  3. Add icing and mix on low speed 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape bowl. Mix an additional 1 minute.
  4. Spread icing evenly over completely cooled cake.

  • Tip: Cakes that have been frozen prior to icing are much easier to work with. Chocolate icing can be used to pipe and form a chocolate carrot. Tint white icing green to pipe and form a leaf.
  • Check out our delicious Chocolate Carrot Cake recipe. Tried and tested by our expert Culinary team here at General Mills Convenience and Foodservice.
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 serving
Calories
350
Calories from Fat
180
% Daily Value
Total Fat
20g
31%
Saturated Fat
7g
35%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
35mg
12%
Sodium
350mg
15%
Total Carbohydrate
37g
12%
Dietary Fiber
2g
9%
Sugars
3g
Protein
4g
Vitamin A
50%
50%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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