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BEST EVER CARROT CAKE




Source of Recipe


Bed and Breakfast Inns


List of Ingredients




For one cake, 8 to 10 servings, you will need:

1-3/4 cups granulated sugar 1-1/2 cups oil 4 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 3 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves 2 cups peeled and grated carrots 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) 1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple

Cream cheese frosting, recipe follows 1 cup shredded coconut



Recipe



Beat together oil, sugar and eggs until well blended. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Add to egg-sugar mixture, mixing well. Drain the pineapple well. Add carrots, walnuts and pineapple to mixture. Mix well. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9- or 10-inch cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cake cool on rack.

Prepare frosting. Split cake into 2 layers. Assemble. Cover with the frosting. Sprinkle with the coconut.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Cream together 2, eight-ounce packages cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.