Carrot Cake Doctored Cake Mix Recipes

CHEATER CARROT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two cake pans. Combine together spice cake mix, butter, eggs, and water until smooth. Fold in remaining ingredients until combined. Pour between the two cake pans. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let cool in pan a few minutes and remove to cooling rack to cool remaining time. Once completely cooled, frost and assemble cake.

DOCTORING THE BOX: CARROT CAKE FROM SPICE CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare pan(s) by spraying baking spray with flour or by lining with parchment paper. See notes below.
• Blend cake mix, water/pineapple juice mixture, vanilla, oil and eggs in large bowl at low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in carrots, pineapple and pecans until incorporated throughout batter. Pour batter into pans and bake immediately.
• Baking times will vary depending on pans and oven. Bake until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Shield top of cake with aluminum foil to prevent overbrowning if needed.
• Cool cakes in pans on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and continue to cool on wire rack until completely cool before frosting.
• Baking times:(2) 9 inch pans and 9 x 13 pan: 23 - 28 minutes8 x 4 loaf pans: 40 - 45 minutes

CLAUDIA LAMASCOLO

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Make cake as directed on package stirring in carrots and drained pineapple.
• Note: If you love more in your cake than on the frosting add pecans or walnuts and raisins, fold in 1/2 cup of each at this step
• Pour into any size pan bundt, 13 x 9 or 2 - 9 inch round pans that have been greased. (You can also use two 8 inch well-greased cake pans. Even use pans that are characters ( example for Easter I use a bunny-shaped pan)
• Bake 25 minutes, depending on what kind of pan you use. Use the toothpick method in the center to check if it comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting the cake.
• For the Frosting:
• Beat cream cheese and sugar with a mixer until well blended, add whipped topping.
• Spread over cooled cake and top with a mixture of nuts, coconut, and raisins.
• Keep refrigerated.

CARROT CAKE IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 inch round pans.
• In large bowl, blend cake mix, oil, water, undrained pineapple, eggs, and nuts. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed. Spread batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

CARROT CAKE (CAKE MIX)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• I use Bakers Joy spray.
• Beat cake mix, water (milk), oil, eggs and pineapple on low speed 3 minutes.
• Stir in nuts and raisins.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
• Cool at least 1 hour before frosting.