Nanny's Full o' Love Glazed Carrot Cake

By cnash

Country Living shares this winning recipe from our "Mom's Best Cake Contest."

Ingredients

• 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 2.5 teaspoon(s) baking soda
• 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup(s) canola oil
• 1.25 cup(s) buttermilk
• 3 cup(s) granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup(s) crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 cup(s) carrots, grated
• 1 cup(s) pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup(s) raisins
• 1/2 cup(s) sweetened flaked coconut
• 2 tablespoon(s) light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 6 ounce(s) cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 cup(s) sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoon(s) fresh lemon juice

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from delish.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make the cake:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottoms of two 9-inch round cake pans and fit with two circles of parchment paper. Butter the sides and paper and dust with flour. Set aside. Sift the flour, 2 teaspoons baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside. Whisk the eggs, oil, 3/4 cup buttermilk, 2 cups granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together until combined, about 2 minutes, and stir into the flour mixture. Add the pineapple, carrots, pecans, raisins, and coconut and stir to combine. Divide the batter between the pans and bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Make the glaze:

Eight minutes before the cakes are done, bring the corn syrup, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 cup butter to a medium boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Pour all of the glaze over the hot cakes in their pans. Cool cakes in pans, on a wire rack.

Make cream cheese frosting:

Place the cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup butter in a bowl and beat, using a mixer set on high speed, for about 2 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to medium, add the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice, and beat until smooth.

Assemble the cake:

Unmold cakes and place 1 layer on a cake plate. Spread a third of the cream cheese frosting over the layer, top with the remaining layer. Frost cake top and sides with remaining frosting.