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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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Carrot Cake
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 C. All-purpose Flour
2 t. Baking Soda
1 t. Salt
2½ t. Ground Cinnamon
4 Eggs
¾ C. Vegetable Oil
¾ C. Applesauce
2 C. White Sugar
2¾ C Shredded Carrots
1 - 8 oz. can Crushed Pineapple, drained
¾ C. Chopped Walnuts
1 C. Flaked Coconut
1 C. Golden Raisins
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 º. Grease and flour a a 9 x 13 inch pan. Mix together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil and eggs. Mix in the applesauce. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in carrots, pineapple, chopped nuts, coconut and raisins. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 35 - 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
 

Cream Cheese frosting
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 - 8 oz. packages of cream cheese, softened
1/2 C Butter, softened
2 C sifted Confectioner's Sugar
1 t. Vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioner's sugar.

This makes a lot. You probably will not need to use all of it on the cake. Store extra frosting the the fridge.

 

 

 

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