Light Carrot Cake With Pineapple Cream Cheese Icing Food

DAVID'S FAVORITE CARROT CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch cake pans with the butter.
• In a large bowl, add the granulated sugar, oil, brown sugar and eggs and mix together. Add the flour, carrots, coconut, walnuts, cinnamon, almond extract, baking powder, salt and pineapple and fold the ingredients together.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and place the pans on a baking sheet. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Place the cakes on a cooling rack until completely cooled, about an hour.
• For the frosting: Meanwhile, in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, butter and pineapple juice. Mix until smooth and incorporated.
• To frost the cake: Carefully remove the cooled cakes from the pans. Using an offset spatula, place a dollop of the frosting on the cake stand and spread to create a sticky base. Place one layer on the frosting on the cake stand. Thickly frost the entire top of the cake and place the other layer atop the now frosted one. Beginning with the top of the new layer, frost generously. Place a large dollop of frosting on the side of the cake and spin the cake to evenly frost the sides. Garnish with the remaining walnuts.

CARROT-PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter 2 (8-inch) round cake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pans.
• Whisk the sugar, oil, and eggs together until the color changes to light yellow.
• Add the vanilla.
• In another bowl, sift together 2 1/2 cups flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
• Toss the raisins and walnuts with 1 tablespoon flour to keep them from sinking to the bottom of the pan during baking. Add to the batter and mix well.
• Fold in the carrots and pineapple.
• Pour the batter equally into the 2 pans. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool in the pans on a wire rack.
• Whisk the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until combined. Add the sugar and mix until smooth.
• Once cooled, remove the cakes from the pans and peel the parchment paper off of them.
• Place the first cake layer on a cake pedestal. With a spatula, spread the top with frosting. Place the second layer on top and spread the frosting evenly on the top and sides of the cake.

LIGHT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13-by-9-inch metal baking pan with nonstick spray. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the all-purpose flour, pastry flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, ginger and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, egg white, brown sugar and granulated sugar and beat until light and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add the pineapple and vegetable oil and mix until thoroughly incorporated into the batter, about another minute.
• Add the dry ingredients in thirds and mix until combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the carrots and mix until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 35 minutes. Let the cake cool completely before flipping out of the pan and removing the parchment paper. Top with the cream cheese frosting.
• Beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar and lemon zest together until light and fluffy. Frost the carrot cake.

PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly butter a 13 x 9 inch pyrex baking dish.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add sugar and continue beating until thick and light-coloured.
• Stir in flour, pineapple (with juice), walnuts, baking soda and vanilla, and mix thoroughly.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
• Let cake cool and ice.
• For icing: Combine icing sugar, cream cheese, butter, lemon juice and vanilla and mix until fluffy.

MY FAVORITE COOKING LIGHT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, coconut, pecans, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk. Combine oil and eggs; stir well. Stir egg mixture, grated carrot, and pineapple into flour mixture. Spoon batter into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• To prepare frosting, combine butter and cream cheese in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla just until smooth. Spread frosting over top of cake. Garnish each serving with grated carrot, if desired.

CARROT CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a bowl. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl; add white sugar, buttermilk, applesauce, oil, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix well. Stir buttermilk mixture, carrots, pecans, and drained pineapple into flour mixture just until mixed; pour into prepared dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in baking dish on a wire rack, about 1 hour. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Beat Neufchatel cheese and 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; add confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 pinch salt and beat until frosting is smooth. Spread frosting on cake.

LIGHT CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; make a well in the center and add sugar, splenda, oil, apple sauce, egg, egg substitute and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
• Stir in carrots, coconut, pecans and pineapple. Pour into a prepared 9x13 inch pan and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• To make the frosting: Cream the sugar, splenda, vanilla and cream cheese until smooth; slowly add the cool whip and beat until creamy.
• Once the cake is cool, frost the top and serve.
• Refrigerate the leftover cake.

CARROT CAKE WITH PHILLY CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt in medium bowl; set aside. Beat eggs and oil in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gradually add granulated sugar, mixing until blended. Add flour mixture, carrots, pineapple and walnuts; mix well. Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch (3-L) tube pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until wooden toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; loosen from sides of pan with spatula or knife and gently remove cake. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Icing: Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Gradually add icing sugar, juice and peel, beating until well blended after each addition. Spread on top of cake. Store leftover cake in refrigerator.

LIGHT CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• CAKE: In a bowl, combine flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and spices; stir in walnuts, raisins and coconut.
• In a large bowl, beat together the egg substitute and sugars; add pudding mix and sour cream; stir in carrots.
• Add flour mixture all at once, mixing just until evenly combined.
• Spray a 13 x 9-inch cake pan with non-fat cooking spray, and line with parchment paper or waxed paper; then spray the paper with non-fat cooking spray.
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake in a 325 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched and cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Let cool.
• TO MAKE ICING: Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat cream cheese and neufchatel cheese until light; gradually beat in the cocoa powder and sugar.
• Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes or until spreadable.
• Spread over the cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and allspice; stir in walnuts, raisins and coconut.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs; gradually blend in the brown and granulated sugars.
• Add oil; beat in chocolate.
• Stir in carrots.
• Add flour mixture all at once, mixing just until evenly combined.
• Line a greased 13 x 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper or waxed paper.
• Grease the paper.
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake in a 325 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched and cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Let cool.
• TO MAKE ICING: Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat cream cheese until light; beat in chocolate.
• Gradually beat in the sugar; cover and chill in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes or until spreadable.
• Spread over the cooled cake.