Carrot Cake At Its Best

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups carrots (grated)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple (well drained)
• 1 cup walnuts (chopped) or 1 cup pecans (chopped)
• frosting
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 10 ounces powdered sugar (more or less to your liking)

Recipe

• 1 combine dry cake ingredients together.
• 2 add wet ingredients and blend well for two minutes.
• 3 stir in the nuts, if desired.
• 4 bake in a preheated oven at 350° in a 9 x 13-inch pan for 55-60 minutes, or use two 8-inch round pans, a clean toothpick tell you when cake is done.
• 5 cool cake before frosting.
• 6 mix frosting ingredients together adding the powder sugar slowly to the taste and spreading consistancy you desire.
• 7 spread frosting evenly over cake.
• 8 decorate with additional nuts, and tinted frosting carrots is always a fun thing to do too. enjoy!