Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

 

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

A delicious cake, should be refrigerated.
Course Dessert
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups carrots, grated
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup raisins or nuts can be a combination of both - optional
  • 1 pound powdered sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

Cake Instructions

  • Combine first 7 ingredients
  • Stir in beaten eggs, oil and vanilla, mix well
  • Stir in raisins or nuts
  • Spoon batter into 3 greased and floured 9" cake pans or 1 9x13 pan
  • Bake in preheated 350℉ oven for 30 - 40 minutes or until done.

Frosting

  • Cream all ingredients together
  • Spread on cake while cake is still warm.
  • Cake should be refrigerated
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