Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2009

I'm giving this recipe 3 stars because it was so convenient. I have to say, though, I thought it needed something more. For a quick, good carrot cake recipe, this works alright. I would probably make it from scratch if I had more time, though.

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Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2009

I made this for easter and got SEVERAL recipes requests...now it's kind of embarrassing to send out a recipe whose base is a box mix, oh well:) My tweaks: Used 20 oz Duncan Hines mix and rehydrated the carrots& raisins in 1c hot water. Dumped it all in. Pureed the pineapple (bought rings on accident) with juice and dumped it all in. Cut oil to 1/4 cup. This made 2 nice 9-inch rounds. Used a combo of the cream cheese frosting recipes: 2 sticks of butter 3 8oz cream cheese 4 c powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla (I was also frosting 2 dozen cupcakes)

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2008

I couldn't find a carrot cake mix so I used a golden butter cake mix and added two cups of shredded carrot. It came out really moist but still had a cake mix flavor to me. Everyone else loved it. I definitely should have used more spice. Two teaspoons wasn't enough for the butter cake mix. Maybe some ginger and nutmeg could have helped to mask the cake mix flavor. I topped cake with cream cheese frosting and nuts. Super easy to do.

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Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2008

great recipe, no problems here or alterations

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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2008

This is so much like homemade! It was a little crumbly but I didnt mince up the pineapple. I did add 1/4 cup minced carrot and it was so good! Would be great with homemade cream cheese icing!! I'm going to add raisons next time.

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Shannon

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2008

This was such a delicious alternative to the typical carrot cake. I made it for my friend's birthday and she loved it! Very moist.

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Kolinasiris

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Reviewed: May 12, 2008

very great and easy!

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Sarah

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Reviewed: May 10, 2008

these are really good. i added a half shredded carrot for a more home-made taste. i layered the cake in four and filled it with cream cheese frosting; the cake really held well. altogether, the taste reminded me of "pumpkin roll cake" in the site. i will never labor for carrot cake scratch anymore! , and probably will never make "pumpkin roll cake" again. thank you, submitter!

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ernesta

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Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2008

it's really good.

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2008

Perfect!

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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2008

This recipe is the one that's right on the back of the cake mix box except this uses three eggs rather than four. I made this with the four eggs as directed on the box. This isn't bad for a cake mix cake, but after mixing it up, baking it and then tasting it I wondered why I bothered with the mix. Given that you're already mixing up several ingredients, it would take very little extra effort to add the few additonal ingredients a scratch cake would require. I did add about a cup of shredded carrot, but again, I asked myself why I was tryng to make something taste homemade instead of actually making it homemade. Too many ingredients for what is still a cake mix tasting cake.

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2007

I took this cake to work, and most people said it was just okay. It wasn't bad, and it's quick and easy but it still tasted like a mix to me. I added some shredded carrots to make it seem more "real", but over all, I would probably not bake this one again.

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2007

So easy and tastes like the real deal and not a box mix. I'm usually against making it from the box because it's not enough of a challenge but this was worth it

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2007

I rarely cook from a box. This cake came out wonderful! The only change I made was to add 1 grated carrot to the mix :-D as another suggested. I'd put this one up against any totally from scratch recipe, any time! Also, I made creamcheese frosting from scratch, using 2, 8oz pkg cream cheese, 1.5 cups powdered sugar, 6 tbl unsalted butter and a 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. DELICIOUS!

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Mary Ann

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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2007

Excellent flavor - it got rave reviews at our Easter dinner. I did use my mini food processor on the pineapple as suggested (picky pineapple eaters couldn't taste it!). The cake was still very crumbly.

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Renee

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Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2006

good and easy but couldn't cut it because it was`so crumbly.

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2006

I made this two days ago for my husbands birthday party. Everyone raved about it! I was so proud! I added one shredded carrot and a small box of rasins. By mistake I added pecans to the mix instead of walnuts. It didn't hurt it a bit. After frosting I sprinkled chopped walnuts on the top. It was pretty, super moist and absolutely delicious!

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Janine

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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2006

This was delicious. I added some raisins for extra flavor and frosted with cream cheese frosting. It was outstanding!

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Andrea

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2006

This was very good!! The next time I make this I'll have to give half of it away. lol I added raisins and iced it with cream cheese frosting. Delicious!!

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ORAKI

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2006

I added one large grated carrot to the batter to make it look more authentic. I also added 1/2 finely chopped walnuts. I made it a few days ahead and refrigerated it. Before frosting the cake, I drizzled about 1/2 cup more pineapple juice on it for moisture. I frosted it with a simple cream cheese frosting and sprinkled it with toasted pecans and coconut. It got RAVE reviews from my family and friends.

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