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Easiest carrot cake recipe
Make Easiest carrot cake recipe from Taste of Mich with 12 ingredients and 11 clear steps.
From YouTube · Feb 2, 2026
Make Easiest carrot cake recipe from Taste of Mich with 12 ingredients and 11 clear steps.
20 min
Prep time
25 min
Cook time
45 min
Total time
8 slices
Yield
Ingredients
12 ingredients- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz crushed pineapple (drained slightly, not dry)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 cup finely grated carrots
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
Method
11 steps- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Mix eggs and sugar until slightly pale and combined.
- Add vegetable oil and vanilla extract, mix until smooth.
- Stir in crushed pineapple.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon into the bowl.
- Gently fold until just combined, avoiding overmixing.
- Add grated carrots and desiccated coconut, fold gently until evenly distributed.
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full or pour batter into cake tin.
- Bake cupcakes for 20-25 minutes or whole cake for 50-60 minutes.
- Test with a skewer until clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
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