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Carrot Cake Recipe

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This recipe for Carrot Cake is from Mealtime Memories from Our Hearts to Your Home, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 7 oz. jars strained baby carrots
1 small can drained crushed pineapple
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
1 ½ cup Crisco Oil
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Grease with shortening and flour a 9 x 13 inch glass baking pan. Preheat over 350º F Mix eggs, sugar, carrots, pineapple, walnuts, raisins, oil in a bowl. Mix well. Add flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon & vanilla. Blend together & place in glass baking pan. Bake for 55 minutes. Best cake ever!

After cooling cake frost with Crisco Icing.

Crisco Icing

2 ½ tsp. Flour
½ cup milk
½ cup Crisco Shortening
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

In boiler add flour and milk. Mix together under medium heat until thickened. Then let cool. Whip Crisco, sugar and vanilla. Beat together until creamy. Spread onto cooled cake. Enjoy!
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was a favorite birthday cake served by Mam for many birthday celebrations!

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Phyllis Diller

 

 

 

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