This recipes is going to be a staple in our house, even for my husband who doesn't like nuts in things. We decided to make it a little healthier and used Splenda in place of the sugar, and egg substitute in place of whole eggs. Next time we'll probably replace the oil with applesauce and do 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 white flour. Then for frosting we followed the advice of another reviewer and creamed 2 pkgs of neufatel cheese with 1 stick of butter, 1 tsp of both almond and vanilla extract and then added almost a whole 2lb bag of powdered sugar. This was actually too sweet for our taste - I think 3/4 of a bag would be plenty. Next time we're going to experiment with Splenda in the frosting and maybe fat free cream cheese. We took this to a family gathering with the changes described and didn't tell anyone that we used splenda in the cake and they all raved! Excellent! Updated 7/21/08: We made it again yesterday but this time replaced all the oil with applesauce and used 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 white flour and baked it in two cake pans for 45 minutes. Although it didn't seem to rise as much, and wasn't quite as moist, it still had a great flavor and was very satisfying. We received rave reviews once again!

this was a great recipe

superbly moist and full of flavour my only carrot cake recipe now!!

Used 1/2 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup canola oil in place of 3/4 cups of oil. This is absolutely the best carrot cake ever - my kids love it! Thanks for sharing!

Hands-down the BEST carrot cake I've ever tasted or made. I made it for my son's 4th birthday and it get requested by him and everyone else all the time. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, we just returned from 4th of July campout, and this cake was a hit. It was almost embarrassing the way the guys were carrying on about this carrot cake. They absolutely loved it. It was the most moist and flavorful carrot cake ever. I also frosted this cake with a fresh orange cream cheese frosting, I think that put it over the top

I have made this on many occasions, and have learned to bring multiple copies of the recipe to each event. Everyone loves this recipe. I have tried many different icing recipes with this and by far have found the Cream Cheese Frosting II compliments this cake better than any other. Enjoy!!

Definately the best Carrot Cake recipe! It's extremely moist and stays fresh. I made no subs & followed exactly as called. THANKS!

I made this for Father's Day for my hubby who loves loves loves carrot cake. I have tried many recipes and I finally got the ultimate one! He loved it. For raisins, I put in dried cranberries. This is the most moist carrot cake ever.

I made this for my dad for Father's Day because carrot cake is his favorite cake of all and he said "this is the best carrot cake I've ever tasted". So I have to give it 5 stars. I had a 20 oz. can of pineapple and I accidentally poured the whole thing in but was able to scoop some out so it wasn't too overloaded with pineapple. I also omitted the coconut (personal preference). Still came out great. Will be making again.

Amazing! I didn't add the walnuts because I'm not a big fan of nuts in cake, but everything else was added. It was delicious! I topped it with the cream cheese II recipe that is on this site and it was perfect. Everyone was impressed!

The cake was delicious, I added a lot of extra pineapple to it and left out the nuts and raisins and found it tasted wonderful even after tinkering with it. I paired it with a crème cheese frosting recipe found on here and the frosting hardened to a new form of cement—but that was to no fault of the cake. So I just ended up peeling the frosting off (yikes! scary thought, huh?) and having a battered (but yummy) cake for everyone.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the best carrot cake ever loved it!

Absolutely the best!

Delicious, hearty, and moist cake. I didn't change anything at all. I'll probably never use another carrot cake recipe.

This is a great carrot cake!! I added a pinch of clove and nutmeg to round out the flavors and used 3 cups of carrots. I also used the cream cheese frosting II as most of the other reviewrs did. Thanks for the recipe....