If you’re looking for a cake that has sort of a different flavor than what you are probably used to give this carrot pineapple prune cake a go. You won’t believe how moist it comes out of the oven! Seriously, ti was falling off my fork. I love the flavor pairings in the cake and I know that you will, too. And don’t worry, the prunes don’t have any sort of laxative effect haha! This is a wonderful cale recipe and I’m so glad I came across it.
Check out what my pals over at Oh Taste And See had to say about this recipe:
Very, very moist. Not too sweet….there is the fragrance from the pineapple and the bite from the carrots…The prunes, I almost couldn’t detect in this cake. The original recipe called for a cream cheese frosting, but I skipped it. I am not a frosting person, but if you do like a cake with frosting, go ahead…
I actually did choose to frost this cake because I knew my family wouldn’t eat it otherwise.
Ingredients
1 box Betty Crocker yellow cake mix
3 medium carrots
1/2 cup prunes
1 can Dole crushed pineapple in juice
2 eggs
1/4 cup Wesson canola oil
1 tsp McCormick cinnamon
Instructions
Bring a 1/4 cup of water to a rolling boil. Add the prunes to this water. Cover and let sit until the prunes become cool enough to handle. Peel and grate the carrots in the food processor using the ‘shred’ disc. Remove the carrots. Place the chopping blade into the food processor. Add the prunes along with the water and puree. Add the eggs, the oil and the cinnamon. Pulse to combine. Add the cake mix and pulse to combine. Add the grated carrots. (I normally grate the carrots by hand for a carrot cake, coss if you do it using the food processor, the shreds of carrot tend to be too big and too thick. But I did this for this recipe, coss it would get chopped when I add it back in the processor). Finally, remove the blade and stir in the drained, crushed pineapple.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13X 9 pan using butter and line it with parchment. Pour the batter into the pan and place in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack. Slice and serve.
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Quick Tip: Frost this cake with your fave frosting such as vanilla, pineapple, or make a simple glaze.
Thank you to Oh Taste And See for this amazing recipe.