Carrot Pineapple Moist Cake

I baked this cake along with my friend L when she came over one day last week. Apparently she got this recipe from another friend of hers and it is a tested fine moist beautiful cake !!

This is my second baking post and sending this to the Bake Off event hosted by Bangalore Baker. 

Ingredients

• 3 cups of all purpose flour
• 2 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of salt
• 2 tsp of baking powder
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 3 eggs or equiv replacer
• 1 and a quarter cups of oil
• 2 tbsp of vanilla extract
• 1 and half cups of grated carrot
• 20 oz can of chopped pineapples drained(you can alternate with fresh ones)
• 1 cup of chopped nuts(your choice of nuts)
• 14x10 rectangular cake pan

Pre-cooking

• Pre heat oven to 350 degree Farenheit.

Method

• In a sieve,sift together all the dry ingredients highlighted in orange and keep aside.
• In your mixing bowl add all the wet ingredients and blend in medium speed until it becomes a complete smooth batter.
• Now slowly blending in one hand, add the sifted dry ingredients little by little until fully incorporated
• Blend it in high speed for a few minutes.
• Add the pineapples,carrot and nuts.
• Mix slowly with a spatula.(Do not blend)
• Grease the cake pan and pour the batter and smooth it evenly.
• Baking time takes around one hour.

Serving suggestions

• Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and pineapple slices.
• Even add cherry to top it up.

Tips

• You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar.
• Adjust the cake pan according to the quantity if you are making less.

Also a reminder for the CoL-Leftover Delicacies event hosted in my blog till Apr 16th. The winning recipe, voted by you all , will feature in my blog as a dedication to the winner :)

Keep your entries coming!!!