Shortcut Carrot Cake

photo by:kraft

As in all good carrot cakes, fresh veggies balance the sweet cream cheese frosting. The bonus in the shortcut is the time you get back in your day.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

1 hr 30 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (2-layer size) spice cake mix

large carrots, shredded (about 2 cups)

can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple, drained

cup chopped PLANTERS Pecans, divided

pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

cups powdered sugar

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package; stir in carrots, pineapple and 3/4 cup nuts. Pour into 2 (9-inch) square pans sprayed with cooking spray.

BAKE 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Invert onto wire racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until blended. Whisk in COOL WHIP.

STACK cake layers on plate, spreading frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Substitute

Substitute a yellow cake mix plus 2 tsp. ground cinnamon for the spice cake mix.

How to Store

Keep refrigerated.

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depjlswife

posted:3/30/2010

This is a wonderful cake!! Have had many RAVES and requests for the recipe!! It is now the required thing for me to bring to family get-togethers!

joycerau

posted:3/20/2010

Excellant tasting cake and so easy to make. It is a keeper!!

mamaboo88

posted:3/18/2010

So yummy! I cant get enough of it! I did add a little more pinapple then it called for. This one is a keeper

dkmorga

posted:3/7/2010

I took this to work for our monthly potluck. Everyone loved it!!! So easy & so good!!!

whit186

posted:1/2/2010

delicious!!!

julieshoe

posted:11/20/2009

My dad loves carrot cake, so for his birthday I was going to make him a homemade carrot cake. I was short on time that day and realized from scratch would take a while so I seen this recipe and tried it. My dad and husband loved it!!! I will make this again!

a cook

posted:10/11/2009

Carrot Cake is my dad's favorite. He LOVED it! and the Topping you can cut the sugar to your liking. I've been emailing this recipe to people who want to try making it themselves.

ksweeney07

posted:8/23/2009

My father-in-law loves carrot cake, so I decided to make this version for his birthday. I made it without the nuts. It was so delicious. It was very moist and the frosting was wonderful. I did the design on top with the tooth pick and then wrote "Happy Birthday Dad" on it and made a border. My in-laws raved about it, saying it was the best carrot cake they had ever had.

a cook

posted:7/4/2009

Quick and easy to make. Although the cake was very moist,it was not sweet enough. I used unsweeten crushed pineapples. Next time I will use sweeten crushed pineapples. The icing was very good. I added 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

daisydeseree

posted:7/2/2009

DELISH!!!