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Semi-Homemade TROPICAL CARROT CAKE Made with Box Cake Mix
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Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/semi-homemade-tropical-carrot-cake/
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We're going to start by placing one box
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of spice cake mix into a large mixing
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bowl.
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This is going to be semi homemade,
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hence the box of cake mix.
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Now, this cake is going to have a
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tropical feel to it. We're calling it a
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tropical carrot cake, semihomemade
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version.
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Let's
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go. Oh my gosh, the spices in there. It
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smells so delicious. Now, if you don't
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have a spice cake mix, you have a yellow
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cake mix, you can certainly do that. You
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can add some
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spices to it. We have a ground cinnamon
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where you can add one teaspoon,
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half a teaspoon of ground ginger,
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and 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. Now,
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that's if you're using like a yellow
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cake mix. If you're using the spice cake
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mix, oh, it smells perfect in there for
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the amount of spices that went in. Now,
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we are going to add a little bit of
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salt. It's like a pinch. Okay, just a
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pinch.
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Just like that.
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All right. Now, if you're using the
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yellow box cake mix or a carrot cake mix
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and you're adding your spices in, just
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take a whisk and just kind of blend
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those in.
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It'll take those chunks out of your box
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cake mix also.
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So, do this, too. Even if you're doing
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the spiced box cake mix,
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it'll just fluff it up. Get a lot of
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those chunks out of that cake mix here.
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All right, keep it in the bowl.
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I love this recipe because it's semi
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homemade for one. So, it's really easy.
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Everything's going to happen in one
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bowl. We're not using a flour, sugar,
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anything like that over there. Okay. And
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doing a lot of mixing. That's what we
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did. All right. Yeah. We're going to add
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in three eggs.
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So, I'm going to take them out of my
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bowl. We're going to crack them into our
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small bowl and then add them one at a
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time.
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Now, if you know Thomas, my husband, he
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is not a fan of carrot cake. Nope. But
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believe me, I have dibs on this cake
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along with my mom and my daughter
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Rihanna. They both love a carrot cake.
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And my daughter Whoops. Let me bring my
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bowl back over here. Thought I was done.
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said to call it a tropical carrot cake
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since it's going to have that feel to
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it. So, that's what we're doing.
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Now, I brought my eggs to room
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temperature. And you do that to keep
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your mixture from seizing up a little
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bit. It'll kind tighten it up if your
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eggs are too cold.
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All right, we have that in there.
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All right, we're going to add in half a
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cup of oil. I'm using light olive oil
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for this recipe today. Now, to make this
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a bakery style, you can change the oil
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to melted butter, but I'm going to be
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using this. It's a little bit more
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healthier for us. We want half a cup.
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We're going to add that in.
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We're going to add in 3/4 cup of milk.
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You can do water with this also.
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milk will make it nice and fluffy.
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Remember, we're trying to make this
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bakery style.
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One teaspoon of vanilla.
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Just going to go in and estimate that.
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All right, we're going to take an
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electric hand mixer and we're going to
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beat this for about 2 minutes until it's
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nice and smooth and there's no lumps.
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I'm going to get a spatula.
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Pull down the sides.
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Keep mixing.
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Oh, it smells good in there.
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Love those spices in there. All
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right, we're done with the electric hand
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mixer. Now, the rest of the ingredients
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we're going to fold in. Don't use your
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electric hand mixer for that. Break it.
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Right, let's talk about the carrots.
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We're going to add in 1 and 1/2 cups of
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shredded carrots. I'm using a bag of
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carrot shreds here. This is 10 oz and
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that'll be plenty. Remember, this is
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semihomemade. I'm trying to make this
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really easy for you and show you how you
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can do that with some tricks and trades
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here.
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All right. So, we're going to add that
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in.
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We'll add that in right there.
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I'm going to add in one can of pineapple
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chunks. Now, I did drain that very well.
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This is 20 oz.
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Oh, I hope I get a piece of cake that
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has a nice big chunk of pineapple in it.
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Yeah, we're getting that tropical feel
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now, right?
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We're going to add in
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half a cup of shredded unsweetened
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coconut.
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About half a cup.
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Put that in right there. This is where I
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lose my husband. Right here. The
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pineapple
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coconut shreds. Yeah, we've lost them.
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And then we're going to take some
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walnuts.
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Nice big handful.
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All right, we're going to mix this all
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together. Just use your spatula
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and get a good mix on everything.
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I do love a good semihomemade recipe.
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Now, I do have a full-blown homemade
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version of carrot cake.
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It's on my recipe blog,
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catherine'splates.com.
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Just look up carrot cake, and you'll see
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the homemade version.
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And I'm using a stand mixture for that
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recipe. So, you know, there's a lot
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going on.
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Oh my goodness, you guys.
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Make sure it's all combined, well
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distributed, everything.
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Now, if you're going to use crushed
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pineapple for this recipe, I would
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definitely drain out any excess juice.
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Just kind of squeeze it out.
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Have it as a cocktail.
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Okay,
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let's get our pan ready.
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I'm using a 9 by13.
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All right, I've got some non-stick
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cooking spray. I'm using one that has
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the flour in it.
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Just give it a good shake. Spray it on
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in.
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That will help release the pieces of
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cake that we're going to have in there.
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Grab my towel here.
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clean off my edges
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because I don't want the grease on the
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handles to melt into my oven. So, make
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sure you clean that off a little bit.
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All right. Now, we're going to pour the
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batter into our pan.
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See all those carrot shreds?
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The big chunks. I want the big chunks of
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pineapple. That's for sure.
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Oh, I can still smell all those spices
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in there.
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All right, you know the drill. Smooth it
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out evenly so that it what?
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Cooks evenly.
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Yep. I'll be dividing this three ways.
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One third stays here for me. The other
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third goes to Rihanna, my daughter. And
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then the other third will go to my mom.
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Y'all know her. Jerry.
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She's been in the kitchen a few times.
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And I've been over in her kitchen
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baking those cherries. Oh, those were so
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good. All right, you guys. There we go.
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Did I fool you with my shirt today? No
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strawberries in this dessert. All right,
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you guys. Guys, I got my oven preheated
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at 350°. We're going to place this in
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the oven on the center rack. And we're
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going to bake this for about 25 to 30
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minutes until it was completely cooked
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through the edges. Come away from the
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pan just a little bit. Use the toothpick
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in the cake part of this. Make sure it
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comes out nice and clean. We're going to
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cool it down completely and then I'm
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going to show you how we're going to
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frost it. Y'all, it's one thing that
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we're going to use to frost this cake.
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Yes, of course.
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I'll be back.
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Look at this cake. Oh my gosh, it smells
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amazing. I cooled it completely on a
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wire rack. And what we're going to do
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now is frost the cake. Now, I'm going to
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be taking two cans of cream cheese
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frosting. These are 16 oz each. We're
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going to whip it up for about two to
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five minutes. We're just going to put it
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in a medium bowl here and get it nice
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and kind of give it that buttercream
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texture.
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>> Get here.
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>> That's that cake I'm not eating.
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>> But he'll eat the frosting out of the
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can.
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>> Oh, come on. Everybody does it.
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Now, like anything else, you don't have
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to do this step. I feel a little
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frazzled right now.
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I was working on the cake and then I was
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working on our dinner for tonight.
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So,
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if you see the crockot over there, it's
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going with my chicken and potato recipe.
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If you haven't seen it yet, it may have
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already come out or it's going to come
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out after this video. Either way, it's
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going to be ready for you. All right.
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Whip it for about two to five minutes.
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I'm just using my whip attachment on my
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electric hand mixer. And we're just
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going to whip that up.
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It'll loosen it up.
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Put a lot of air into it. It'll double
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the volume.
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So that way you can ice more cupcakes if
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you do this process with other types of
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icing or frosting in the jar.
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Easter's coming, y'all. Make your carrot
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cake.
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Make it easy.
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>> Yes. Make the Easter Bunny mad if they
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didn't get a chocolate cake.
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>> All right, we got this nice and whipped
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up. Going to come up.
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There we go.
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Make sure you get it everywhere.
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That truly means you are baking. Here,
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we're going to pass this off to my
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husband.
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>> Oh, yay.
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>> Y'all don't know Thomas.
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>> Hey.
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>> All right. I'm going to come back with a
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regular spatula and an offset spatula,
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and we're going to ice this cake.
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Look at that.
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Yeah. Dollop it all over the cake so
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it's easier to spread out. If y'all do
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not have a tool called an offset
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spatula, recommended
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right here. It is like a magic tool in
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the kitchen.
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So take it and then just start smoothing
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out your frosting till it's nice and
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even around your cake. We're going to
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top this cake with something too.
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All right. What do y'all think? Whole
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pieces of walnut. I'm going to walnut
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the whole cake.
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Here we go. That.
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All right. I had some extra shredded
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carrot. Sprinkle some on top. People
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know what it is.
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We got to know what it is, right? Put
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some coconut on top. There is my
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semihome homemade tropical carrot cake.
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What do y'all think? It's in a sheet
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pan. You can take this anywhere. Look at
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that. And enjoy that. All right, I'm
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going to cut a piece out of this. Give
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it a try for you.
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There we go.
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Look at that piece. You
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>> That's huge. Don't cut it that big.
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Or maybe you want to. Oh, let's dive in.
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Let's take a look at that.
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>> Pineapple.
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>> Man, you loaded that cake.
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>> Yeah, I did.
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>> That's going to be yummy for y'all.
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>> Look at that frosting.
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Oh, it's nice and moist. That crumb of
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it. You can see the little bits of
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carrot in there. The big chunk of
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pineapple.
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There's coconut in there. Walnuts in
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there. All the spices from that cake
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mix. The vanilla. Oh, there's so much
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going on in there. Let me give it a try
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for you.
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I love it. It is so delicious.
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I got to go in there with that
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pineapple.
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Mhm.
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Now, my cake took 30 minutes in the
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oven. I said between 25 and 30, and then
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I put it back in for another five and it
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was perfect. I did the toothpick test.
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All right, you guys. Let me know what
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