Isaac's Carrot Cake
Description
This light and wonderfully moist carrot cake contains a surprise treat inside: mandarin oranges!
Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 cups white sugar
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2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
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2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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2 cups shredded carrots
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1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
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1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
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3 eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon grated orange zest
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13x2-inch baking dish.
2
Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat carrots, mandarin oranges, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and orange zest into flour mixture with an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.