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Granny's Carrot Pineapple Cake

The best carrot cake! Delicious and easy!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, carrotcake, creamcheesefrosting
Servings: 8 people
Author: Laylah

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour Or King Arthur Gluten Free flour blend
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup neutral vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup shredded raw carrot
  • 1/2 cup crushed pineapple in juice
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract I prefer Nielsen Massey

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
  • In bowl of stand mixer stir together dry ingredients.
  • Add oil, eggs, carrot, pineapple, and vanilla. Beat with paddle attachment for 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour into prepared cake pans.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes for 2 8" cake pans, rotating pans after 15 minutes. Toothpick inserted into center of cake should come out with a few moist crumbs when cake is done.
  • Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting.