Carrot Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 2 grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
• 4 mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• 5 stir in carrots. fold in pecans. pour into prepared pan.
• 6 bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 7 let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• 8 to make frosting: in a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 9 beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. stir in chopped pecans.
• 10 frost the cooled cake.