Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
A delicious cake, should be refrigerated.
- 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
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