Sunday, March 21, 2010 Week #44

Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is one of my families favorites. I found this on the web as one of of the best.

4 eggs

1 1/4 vegetable oil

2 cups sugar

2 t vanilla extract

2 t baking soda

2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

2 t ground cinnamon

3 cups grated carrots

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1 cup raisins

Icing:

1/2 cup ( one stick) butter, softened

1 8 oz package cream cheese softened

3 cups confectioners sugar

1 t vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9X13 inch pan.

2. in a large bowl beat all the cake ingredients until smooth. Pour into prepared cake pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted int eh center comes out clean. Let cool completely before icing.

4. Combine all ingredients for icing beat til smooth. Ice cake.

Here is the web sitehttp://allrecipes.com/recipe/carrot-cake-iii/detail.aspx. ( I changed it a little!!!)

This cake lasted 4 days at my house before it was all gone! That means it was good!