Carrot Cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour.
  • 2 cups sugar.
  • 2 tsp baking powder.
  • 2 scant tsp baking soda.
  • 2 tsp cinnamon.
  • 1 tsp salt.
  • 1 generous tsp vanilla.
  • 1 1/2 cups oil.
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts.
  • 4 eggs.
  • 3 cups grated carrots.

Frosting

  • 1 stick of butter.
  • 1 cup cream cheese.
  • 2 cups powdered sugar.
  • 1 tsp vanilla.
  • 1 cup chopped pecans.

Directions

Cake

  1. Add all dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix by hand.
  2. Add eggs and liquid ingredients and mix with a blender.
  3. Add grated carrots into mixture by hand.
  4. Pour mixture into a lightly greased 9×13 in. pan.
  5. Remove air bubbles then bake for 50 minutes at 350°F.

Frosting

  1. Mix ingredients then let cool.
  2. After the cake cools, add the icing.