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Peanutty Pineapple Carrot Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

By: Jif® 
"This delicious carrot cake with pineapple, coconut and walnuts is topped with a peanutty cream cheese frosting and a pretty peanut butter design."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (2)

Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
35 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 13x9-inch cake
 

Ingredients

  • CRISCO® No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup CRISCO® Pure Vegetable Oil
  • 1 cup JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 cups shredded carrots
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup sweetened coconut
  • 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
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  • Frosting:
  • 1 (16 ounce) container Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1/3 cup JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter
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  • Topping:
  • 3 tablespoons JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 13x9-inch cake pan lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
  2. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat oil, peanut butter, sugar, eggs and milk in a large mixing bowl. Stir in carrots, walnuts, coconut and pineapple. Add flour mixture and stir until combined. Spread evenly in prepared pan.
  3. Bake 32 to 37 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
  4. Stir frosting and peanut butter until combined. Spread on cooled cake. Place 3 tablespoons peanut butter in a resealable plastic bag. Microwave on HIGH 10 seconds. Make a small cut in one corner of bag. Drizzle peanut butter over top of cake in lines across the short side. Then using a table knife, lightly slice through peanut butter down the long side to create design.

Footnotes

  • Peanutty Pineapple Carrot Cupcakes:
  • Line 24 muffin cups with paper baking cups. Divide batter evenly between cups, about 3/4 full. Bake 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool 2 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely. Frost as above. Decorate each cupcake with peanut butter swirl.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 589 | Total Fat: 35g | Cholesterol: 43mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2012 by tett0mabry1122   view full review
Cake is nice and fluffy, frosting is addictive. I do miss a little more spiciness and more...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2012 by vbsanders   view full review
this was my first try ever at carrot cake and it was PHENOMENAL. both my family and my...

 

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