Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar (I use 1 1/2 cup)
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3 cups cake flour, sifted
  • 1 12 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 (8 3/4 ounce) can crushed pineapple or 1 14 cups fresh pineapple, chopped small
  • 12 cup pineapple juice (previously reserved)
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 12 cups oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups raw carrots (grated and loosely packed)
  • 1 12 cups pecans (optional)

Method

  • Grease and lightly flour baking pan.
  • Preheat oven to 325F
  • Mix together dry Ingredients: sugar, soda, cake flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder
  • Drain can of pineapple juice from pineapple, saving the juice.
  • Add the following to the dry mixture and beat for 3 minutes: Pineapple juice, eggs, oil, vanilla
  • Stir in pineapple, carrots and (optional) pecans
  • Bake in Bundt pan at 325 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.
  • (Can also be baked in 9 x 13 for about 45 minutes.
  • ).
  • Cool for 10 minutes in pan before unmolding
  • Frost with Currant-Nut Icing.
  • Currant-Nut Icing
  • 4 1/2 cups icing sugar (1 box) 2 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 pkg (8 oz.)
  • soft cream cheese 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup currants
  • 2 Tablespoon milk
  • Plump currants by soaking in 1/3 cup of hot water for 5 minutes.
  • Drain well.
  • Beat sugar, cream cheese (I use laughing cow cheese), butter, milk and vanilla
  • until smooth.
  • Fold in walnuts and currants.
  • Spread over cooled cake.