Carrot Cake with Baking & Pancake Mix

Enjoy this delightful cake as a loaf or frosted in layers with cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

    Yield: one cake, see pan sizes below

      Cake
    • 2 cups Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
    • 1½ tsp cinnamon
    • ½ tsp allspice
    • ½ tsp nutmeg
    • 1 pinch ground cloves
    • zest of 1 orange
    • ¾ cup oil
    • 2 eggs
    • ¾ cup sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • 1½ cups grated carrots
    • ½ cup or 8 oz. can crushed pineapple in its own juice, well-drained
    • ½ cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
      Cream Cheese Frosting
    • 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
    • 2 TBSP butter or margarine, room temp
    • 6 ounces cream cheese, room temp
    • 1 tsp water
    • 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
Directions

    Pre-heat oven to 325°, with rack in top third of oven.

    CAKE:

    In a medium bowl, whisk together Baking & Pancake Mix and spices. Set aside. Beat orange zest, oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer (or by hand), until well mixed. Mix in carrots and pineapple and then add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well. Add nuts and mix again. Pour into baking pan(s), prepped with cooking spray, and bake according to pan size. Toothpick should come out clean. Once cooled, frost with cream cheese frosting.

    CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:

    Soften butter or margarine by mixing in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix together on medium for 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth. If frosting is too thick, add more water one teaspoon at a time.

    PAN SIZE AND COOKING TIMES:

    • Two 8” round cake pans (makes two 1¼ to 1½” cakes) = 30 to 35 minutes

    • One 9” springform pan (makes one 2 to 2½” cake) = 45 minutes

    • One 7” x 11” rectangle pan (makes one 2” cake) = 40 to 45 minutes

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Customer Reviews

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Susan

I omitted the Allspice and just dded a little more cinnamon and nutmeg and it was so delicious!

If you don't have Pamalas frosting mix, you can just find a basic cream cheese frosting recipe using Butter, cream cheese and vanilla. This is so delicious on this cake!

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Lori Kay

Sooo good - I added a little extra fresh pineapple and used Maple syrup for sweetner - tasted great without frosting

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Delicious

Amazing light and fluffy cake

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Nancy

Excellent cake! I used half of the orange zest and it was just right. A friend asked for the recipe, knowing it's GF and she's not. Will definitely make it again!

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Jessica

I sub dried cherries for the raisins, and mix in crumbled goat cheese. So, basically muffins. But that goat cheese helps me not miss the frosting.