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Ultimate Carrot Cake

Betty Crocker's Ultimate Cake Mix Cookbook shares a recipe! Here’s home-baked carrot cake without the hassle of shredding carrots. Yum!
Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 2 hours 45 min
Makes: 16 servings
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Cake
1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® carrot cake mix
1/2cup orange juice or water
1/2cup vegetable oil
1can (8 oz) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
1teaspoon orange peel
1teaspoon vanilla
4eggs
1/2cup chopped nuts
1/2cup coconut
1/2cup chopped raisins
Frosting
1to 2 teaspoons orange peel, if desired
1container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or 13x9-inch pan and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, orange juice, oil, pineapple, orange peel, vanilla and eggs on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in nuts, coconut and raisins. Pour into pans.
2.Bake 8- or 9-inch rounds 30 to 35 minutes, 13x9-inch pan 37 to 43 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes; remove rounds from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
3.Stir orange peel into frosting. Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting or frost top of 13x9-inch cake. Store in refrigerator.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): For 8-inch pans, bake 33 to 38 minutes. For other pans, no change.
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To cut cake easily, use a thin nonserrated knife.
Variation
You can add 3/4 cup finely shredded carrots, if desired.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 400 (Calories from Fat 170); Total Fat 19g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 3g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 290mg; Total Carbohydrate 52g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 38g); Protein 4Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 4%; Calcium 8%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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