A Different Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 1/2 cups grated coconut
• 1 cup crispy rice cereal
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 6 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 4 -5 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon orange extract

Recipe

• 1 cream sugar and oil together in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 3 combine dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk and vanilla, mixing until smooth.
• 4 fold in remaining ingredients.
• 5 pour equal amounts of batter into 3 well-greased and floured 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.
• 6 bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 55 minutes.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes in pans.
• 8 remove from pans and continue to cool on wire racks.
• 9 frost with orange cream cheese frosting.
• 10 orange cream cheese frosting:.
• 11 beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth and spreadable.