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Carrot
Cake with Cream Cheese Sauce
By The Maitre D
I love carrot cake and I have sampled it all over the world.
This recipe makes one of the moistest cakes I have ever had, but what makes it
really special is the icing. Instead of regular cream cheese icing we like to
make it with a cream cheese sauce. When serving the cake just pour or dollop on
the cream cheese sauce, as little or as much as you want.
I also prepare this cake so that it is non-dairy by using
margarine, soya milk and soya cream cheese substitute. Believe me you won't be
able to tell the difference, but if you're worried about it just substitute
butter for margarine, real milk for soya milk and use real cream cheese. Yum!!
- Ingredients:
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- For Cake:
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1 cup
raisins
2 1/4 cups flour - I prefer Cake and Pastry Flour but all- purpose flour will
do.
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup melted margarine
1/2 cup soya milk
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
8 ounces crushed pineapple
4 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup grated coconut
- For Cream Cheese Sauce:
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1/2 cup
margarine
16 ounces soya cream cheese substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
icing sugar - to taste
soya milk - for consistency
- For the Cake:
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Step 1:
Fill kettle with fresh water and bring to a boil
Step 2:
Place raisins in bowl and cover with boiling water
Step 3:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Step 4:
Grease a 10" bundt pan - if you don't have a bundt pan use a 9" x 13" cake pan
Step 5:
In a large mixing bowl add flour, soda, cinnamon and salt and mix well
Step 6:
In another mixing bowl add eggs, margarine, soya milk, sugar and vanilla extract
and beat
together
Step 7:
Drain water from raisins using a sieve
Step 8:
Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix well
Step 9:
Stir in pineapple, grated carrots, chopped pecans or walnuts, coconuts and
raisins and mix
well
Step
10: Pour into pan and bake for about 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean
Step
11: Remove from oven, allow to cool for 20 minutes and remove from pan
- For the Cream Cheese Sauce (can be made in advance)
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Step 1:
Beat butter and cream cheese substitute together until smooth
Step 2:
Add vanilla extract and beat
Step 3:
Add a ½ cup of icing sugar and beat. Taste and add ¼ cup of icing sugar at a
time until the
desired sweetness is reached.
Step 4:
Depending on the brand of cream cheese substitute you use the mixture should now
be
pourable. If it is too stiff, add milk slowly until the desired consistency
is achieved. The
sauce should be thick and only slowly pour out.
For serving, cut a piece of cake and pour cream cheese sauce
over the top. By the way, the cream cheese sauce also makes a really good spread
on a toasted bagel. Enjoy!
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