Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2008

I, like the other reviewer, read all the reviews before making it but gave it a shot anyway. I was a little apprehensive because of two reviewers remarking on the lack of carrot taste. I fully agree with them now that it's done. It's a good cake, don't get me wrong, but I want a carrot cake. If you're not interested in grating your own carrots, you can just buy them grated at the grocery store. But you shouldn't substitute on the carrots...that's definitely not a good idea.

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amalia1961

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Home Town: Winchester, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2008

This was the tastiest, moistest yummy carrot cake ever!!! I had all the ingredients on hand except the coconut so I substituted grated carrots for the coconut. I will use this recipe from now on. I was unsure of what kind of icing to use so I prepared my ole trusty icing recipe. A block of cream cheese, half a stick of butter and a lb of powdered sugar. I baked the cake in a 9X13 pan and topped with the icing while the cake was still hot. Very delicious!

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Lori Scott

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Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2008

A great carrot cake. Very easy to make. Very moist and tasty, too! I made a 9" layer cake instead of a 9x13. Used the 'Cream Cheese Frosting II" recipe here and then pressed crushed walnuts on the side of the cake. It was beautiful and delicious!

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Adrienne

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2008

Excellent recipe. I had this recipe and lost it. Did a search and voila! Best, moist and wonderful. Great carrot taste. Compliments from everyone and requests to bake it as a dish for dinners, etc.

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Mimzy

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2007

I have made this cake for years and lost the recipe, thank goodness someone had it! I also heated up some butter with karo and poured it on top after poking some holes in it. It was so moist, no need for icing. Try it!

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Patti

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Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2007

This is a delicious cake and so moist!

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DAR38

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2007

Ok, I read the reveiws before making this and found I agree with ONLY ONE! I'd like to know how other people got a wonderful carrot cake out of this, good cake yes, but it didn't taste like carrots at all! I'll be grating my carrots from now on, the shortcut this one takes makes you lose too much flavour!

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MOTHERHEN1982

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Home Town: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2007

This cake was great tasting. I made it as a layer cake instead of in a 13x9 pan. I used my cream cheese frosting on it and it was very good. Very easy. Thanks

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Lynn

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2005

This recipe is unbelievable. I had been looking for a good carrot cake recipe- but instead found one that is superb! My very picky husband and I ate 3/4 of the cake ourselves in 2 days! The other 1/4 went to some former co-workers that have been begging me for the recipe ever since. The title says it all- this carrot cake recipe is golden!

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Reviewed: Jun. 5, 2003

We really liked this cake. Stayed moist and good for several days. Will be making again! Thanks for the recipe!

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SMYLE

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2001

Taste is a subjective thing but I'm going to add my two cents on this cake regardless. IMHO this cake has absolutely NO carrot flavor. It's a beautiful and moist cake but if that's is all I wanted there are other cakes I could have made. If you really want a carrot cake wait until you have the time and the energy to grate those carrots. Otherwise wait.....this shortcut isn't worth it.

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T. MARTIN

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Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2000

I tried 7 differant carrot cake recipes to find the perfect one for a wedding. Everyone agreed, this was GREAT! The baby food is much easier than grating all those carrots(and better flavor).

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