J. Alexanders Carrot Cake Secret Recipe
J. Alexander’s Carrot Cake is a delectable dessert, featuring layers of moist, spiced cake generously frosted with cream cheese icing and garnished with chopped walnuts, offering a satisfyingly sweet conclusion to your dining experience.
Make our J. Alexander’s Carrot Cake Recipe at home tonight for your family. Our Secret Restaurant Recipe tastes just like J. Alexander’s.
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J. Alexander’s Carrot Cake
J. Alexander's Carrot Cake Recipe
Make our J. Alexander's Carrot Cake Secret Recipe at home tonight for your family. Our Secret Restaurant Recipe tastes just like J. Alexander's.
Ingredients
- Cake
- 1/2 cup Golden Raisins
- 3/4 cup boiling Water
- 2 1/2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/4 cups Canola or Vegetable Oil
- 2 1/4 cups granulated Sugar
- 4 large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1 tablespoon Orange Extract
- 1 1/2 cups grated Carrots
- 3/4 cup chopped Walnuts
- 1/2 cup canned Pineapple Tidbits well-drained
- Glaze
- One 8-ounce package Cream Cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon Butter softened
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Orange Rind
- 1 tablespoon finely grated Lemon Rind
- 1 1/2 cups sifted Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Pour boiling water over raisins to cover in small bowl and let set for 20 minutes, drain thoroughly and set raisins aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the oil, sugar and eggs with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until well combined. Add vanilla, lemon juice and orange extract, mixing well. Stir in the flour mixture until just mixed. Fold in the carrots, walnuts, pineapple and the plumped raisins, combining well.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until tested done when gently pressed in center and cake springs back. Cake will be dense.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; turn out on wire rack. Transfer to serving platter or board. Serve warm or cool completely.
- For the glaze, combine cream cheese and butter in a medium mixing bowl; beat with a rubber spatula. Stir in the lemon juice, vanilla, orange and lemon rind, then add powdered sugar. Beat until smooth.
- Drizzle glaze over warm pieces as they are cut, or spread over cooled cake and allow to set before serving, as desired.
This cake freezes very well.
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February 11, 2015 @ 10:10 am
Absolutely delicious! I wonder why my pineapple went to bottom of pan. I bet I should have used crushed instead of tidbits but was following recipe exactly. Will try next time….believe me there will be a next time!
August 18, 2015 @ 11:11 am
It’s very close but they left out the most important part. J Alexander’s will tell you that the true “secret” is before they put the icing on the cake they prick holes in the cake and pour a warm simple syrup over the cake to make it super moist then they put the icing on it before they serve it.
October 28, 2015 @ 10:30 pm
I forgot exactly what J. Alexanders’ carrot cake tastes like, because it’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had it.
With that being said…I just made this, and its one of the best carrot cakes I’ve ever had. I took the advice of Benita and made a simple syrup to moisten the cake before putting the frosting on, and I’m glad I did.
November 12, 2016 @ 6:04 pm
How do you make the syrup you pour on there for the jalexandra carrot cake recipe
March 23, 2016 @ 3:56 pm
I used to work there- there are not raisins in their recipe or walnuts- its actually pecans. And there is also not any pineapples-its coconut flakes. This recipe is probably delicious- but it is not the J Alexander’s carrot cake recipe.
February 28, 2017 @ 8:43 pm
I used to work there in 2009 and they definitely had pineapple in the recipe! Perhaps they change the recipe? I worked at J Alexanders for 10 years and all the years I was there, the recipe included pineapple!
May 12, 2016 @ 10:28 pm
its good, but it doesn’t taste like j Alexander’s.
June 14, 2016 @ 5:03 pm
Comments are accurate – except that this recipe was good. It is nothing like the restaurant. If you want the real recipe, google “Sun Sentinel Carrot Cake takes a buttermilk bath”. The copycat recipe is no comparison. No raisons, no pineapple tidbits, no walnuts. Yes, syrup is key. Yes, crushed pineapple. Yes, pecans & coconut.
February 21, 2017 @ 8:29 pm
Not as good as I thought it would be
June 7, 2019 @ 9:47 am
How can I print a recipe ?????
September 26, 2019 @ 9:00 pm
Not good! It taste like the Fruity Pebbles cereal when you eat it 🙁
I can’t serve this…
October 24, 2020 @ 6:41 pm
I’m with you Vega. I made it exactly and it doesn’t look anything like the picture. Mine came out more tan and the pineapples don’t enhance the recipe. Where is the simple syrup recipe? Maybe that will help. Really bummed.