1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1/4 c Whole wheat flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
2 ts Cinnamon
2 c Sugar
1 1/2 c Vegetable oil
8 oz Pineapple; crushed, drained
2 c Carrot pieces
1/2 c Walnuts
3 1/2 oz Coconut; flaked
4 Eggs
1/2 c Apricot jam
3/4 c Walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9″ round baking
pans. Mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar, baking soda
and salt in large mixing bowl. Set aside. Assemble electric blender.
Put 1/2 cup walnuts in blender container. Cover and process two
cycles at grind. Add to dry ingredients. Put oil, pineapple and
carrot pieces into blender container. Cover and process five cycles
at grind until carrots are finely chopped. Pour into bowl with dry
ingredients. Add eggs and coconut Mix with electric mixer at medium
low speed until ingredients are moistened. Increase speed to medium
and continue to mix one minute. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 30 to
35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes, remove from pan and cool on wire rack. When
cool, frost top of each layer with Cream Cheese Frosting. Place
layers on top of one another. Assemble blender. Add 3/4 cup walnuts
to blender container. Cover and process 2 cycles at grind. Set aside.
Heat apricot jam in small saucepan over medium heat until melted.
Brush sides of cake with melted jam. Sprinkle sides with
choppedwalnuts.
Yields
15 Servings