Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix sugar, oil, and eggs.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together and gradually add to wet mixture.
• 4 stir in grated carrots and nuts.
• 5 pour into a greased and lightly floured 9x13-inch pan or 3 9-inch layer cake pans.
• 6 bake for 45 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
• 8 frost with cream cheese frosting.
• 9 cream cheese frosting: cream butter and cream cheese.
• 10 add confectioners' sugar and mix well.
• 11 add nuts and vanilla.
• 12 spread on cooled cake.
• 13 note: nuts can be omitted from frosting if desired.