I wanted to make a carrot cake for a long time; however, I have let a year ago without making one. So for this Easter I decided I am going to make a carrot cake. Since my hubby is diabetic, making desserts is always a guilty feeling for me, he says I will make something and he had no choice to eat them.
My little one also likes sweets, and she get to eat a little bit. I also love pineapple so decide to combine carrots and pineapple and make a cake. I thought I will also add some coconut making it a tropical version, however last minute changed my mind and instead of adding coconuts in the cake I put it in frosting. I am novice in frosting; you can see it from my cake
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I want to bake a cake for my little ones birthday, however the frosting part making me thinks twice. I don’t want any fondant in the cake, so the only option is to use some frosting, but I am worried my baby’s cake won’t be appealing. I want it to be beautiful, but at this point I don’t know what I am going to do.
I added a large variety of spice available in my pantry to make this cake. While baking this cake my entire house had a nice aroma from all the spices and it was really tasty with pineapple, carrot and golden raisins. Mascarpone added a little tanginess while cream cheese brings out the softness in the frosting, and I didn’t used much sugar in my frosting. If you want feel free to use more so that you can get more shiner frosting. Here goes the recipe.
What you need
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Wheat flour: ¼ cup
Carrot: 1 cup (finely grated)
Sugar: 1 cup
Pineapple: 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)
Walnut: ½ cup (Lightly toasted and chopped finely)
Canola Oil: ½ cup
Golden raisins: ⅓ cup
Egg: 2 no
Milk: ⅕ cup
Baking soda: 1 teaspoon
Baking powder: ¼ teaspoon
Salt: 1 teaspoon
Ground cloves: ½ teaspoon
Ground nutmeg:½ teaspoon
Ground cinnamon: 1 teaspoon
Ground ginger: ½ teaspoon
All spice: ¼ teaspoon
Cardamom: ¼ teaspoon
For Frosting 
Cream Cheese: 3 oz (I used Philadelphia cream cheese)
Mascarpone: ⅓ cup (I used home made one)
Powdered Sugar: 1 tablespoon
Honey: 1 teaspoon
Desiccated coconut: 2 tablespoon
Chopped pineapple: 3 tablespoon
How I made
Preheat oven 350 degree Fahrenheit. Butter the bottom of a 9 inch 9-Inch Springform Pan.Line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan.
Grate the carrot using a box grater and chop the pineapple into small pieces and keep aside.
In a large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, all spice, cloves and salt. Keep aside.
In a medium bowl beat egg with sugar and milk and add oil and mix everything incorporated well.Gradually add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix everything well.
Finally fold in grated carrots and chopped pineapple gently and add toasted and crushed walnut and fold once again gently.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smoothen the tops with a spatula. 
Bake for 50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes and remove it and cool in the wire rack for another 1 hour.
To make frosting, bring mascarpone and cream cheese into room temperature and beat well with powdered sugar and honey until the mixture becomes smooth and shiny. Gently fold in desiccated coconut and mix everything.
Once the cake is completely cooled spread the frosting over the cake and decorate with chopped pineapple pieces.
Preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Serving: 12 serving
Verdict: Yummy. Keeper recipe
Will you make it again: I will
Swathi
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
RV says
Both Carrot and Pineapple make this cake decadent and they are favorite flavors too..
Padhu says
Nice combination .Cake looks great!!
Nostalgia says
Lovely.. the cake looks great and I think much healthier than a lot others with all those carrots and pineapple in there.
Panchpakwan says
I loved your carrot cake...Looks so yummy...
SpicyTasty says
Swathi, You made absolute yummy cake. I am drooling over here. Save me a slice 🙂
Deepa says
What an awesome looking mouthwatering cake. It's a treat to even watch this cake . I bet it must have been consumed in minutes after preparation.
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simply.food says
wow carrot nad pineapple what acombo.Simply delicious.
Pari says
The cakes looks super good. You can use the sugar free natura for baking for ur DH.
Tina says
Nice combo dear...Looks delicious...
Ms.Chitchat says
Wow, awesome looking cake. Very tempting,made me drool.
Subhashini says
nice combo of pinneapple and carrot with nice aroma of indian spices.
Deepa G Joshi says
what a delicious and gorgeous cake..looks so yummy. such a treat..
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Sushma Mallya says
lovely combo of carrot & pineapple,..looks so yummy swathi...
M D says
Cake looks yummy and with mascarpone, it must be doubly good!
Daisy Blue says
Looks great.. I also made this few weeks back 🙂
Kalai says
adding pineapple should have given more moisture to the cake! And mascarpone frosting is a nice idea..lovely cake swathi.
Swapna Sree says
carrot & pineapple cake looks soft and yummy...and the frosting looks tempting....
Yasmeen says
what scrumptious cake 😀
Vrinda says
yummy cake..liked the addition of pineapples...
Sarah Naveen says
wow!!! Awesome!!! looks so moist and yummy!!
Akal's Saappadu says
that's a richly garnished cake, full of goodness!!! i'm sure your daughter loved it!!!! lovely!!!
Pavithra says
Beautiful cake.. pineapple in carrot cake is awesome.. would do it when i make next time.. yummy...
Kiran says
Lovely cake.A very nice combination of carrots and pineapple.All the spices must have made it very yummy and also the frosting looks very tempting.Pass a piece please.
N S says
The cake looks delicious. Carrot and pineapple makes a nice combination.
Cool Lassi(e) says
The spiced fruit cake looks fabulous. Aww,its sad that you have to cut back on baking cakes due to your hubby's condition. Well sacrifices need to be made for the well-being of our loved ones. My hubby has high cholesterol and that means I have to cut back on plenty of things as well.
I soooo love the cake..its really looking droolworthy!
Priya says
Fruity cake looks fantastic, with all those spice powder, cake with cheese frosting looks incredible..
Gulmohar says
carrot cake pinch 😀 lovely combo of carrot n pineapple.. I love spices in my fruit cake 🙂