Carrot Cake Supreme With Buttermilk Glaze And Cream Cheese Frost

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) can flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (room temp)
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese (room temp)
• 3/4 cup butter (room temp)
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 grease three 8 or 9-inch round cake pans and line with parchment paper.
• 3 stir together first 4 ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
• 4 in your mixing bowl, beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 5 add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• 6 fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients.
• 7 pour batter into prepared pans.
• 8 bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 9 buttermilk glaze:.
• 10 bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a medium to large saucepan.
• 11 boil 4 minutes, stirring constantly until glaze is golden.
• 12 remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and cool slightly.
• 13 drizzle warm buttermilk glaze evenly over warm cake layers; cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes.
• 14 remove from pans, inverting layers. peel parchment; invert again, glaze side up.
• 15 cool completely on wire racks.
• 16 deluxe cream cheese frosting:.
• 17 beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 18 gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until light and fluffy.
• 19 stir in vanilla.
• 20 frost with deluxe cream cheese frosting between layers and on top of sides of cake.
• 21 chill cake several hours before slicing.
• 22 store in the refrigerator.