Carrot Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
Cake
-4 eggs
-1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
-2 cups white 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
Frosting:
-1/2 cup butter, softened
-8 ounces cream cheese, softened
-4 cups confectioners' sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1 cup chopped pecans
Recipe
Cake:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
-Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
-In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
-Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
-Stir in carrots.
-Fold in pecans.
-Pour into prepared pan.
-Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
-Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
To Make Frosting:
-In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
-Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
-Stir in chopped pecans.
-Frost the cooled cake.
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