Ingredients
The following ingredients have 24 Servings
- 6 eggs
- 2 1/4 cup smooth applesauce
- 4 1/2 cups grated carrots
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
- 12 oz crushed pineapple ((drained))
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 2 cubes butter ((softened to room temperature))
- 2 - 8 ounce cream cheese ((softened to room temperature))
- 24 ounces powdered sugar
- 4 tsp vanilla
- orange and green food coloring
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Spray the bottom and sides of 3 9 inch round cake pans
- Line with parchment paper that has been cut round to fit inside the cake pans
- In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar, and applesauce with a large spoon
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and stir in completely
- Add the carrots, pineapple, coconut, and vanilla; stir/mix in completely
- Add the chopped pecans and mix in
- Divide evenly among the 3 round cake pans
- Bake in the 350 degree oven for 30 minutes
- Lower the temperature to 300 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes
- Remove from oven and let cool completely in the pans
- Once cooled, run a butter knife around the outside of the pans and remove cakes from the pans
- Once cooled completely, place 1 layer on a cake plate, frost the top with cream cheese frosting
- Place 2nd cake layer on top of the first and frost top
- Place 3rd layer on top of the 2nd and frost top and sides of the cake with the cream cheese frosting
- Serve
