Barb's Best Carrot Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups shredded carrots
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon, zest of, of
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 350.
• 3 grease and flour 13x9 cake pan.
• 4 with mixer, cream together the sugar and eggs.
• 5 slowly pour in oil, mixing until fully incorporated.
• 6 add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in increments.
• 7 add carrots and walnuts stir in and stir in optional raisins.
• 8 pour into prepared cake pan.
• 9 bake for 50 minutes - 1 hour.
• 10 frosting.
• 11 cream together the cream cheese and butter/margarine.
• 12 add vanilla, lemon juice and zest.
• 13 blend in powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
• 14 frost cooled cake.