Barb's Best Carrot Cake

Rita~'s Note:

Sweet and spicy! You can make this in a foil pan to bring for pot luck, BBQ's or give as a house warming gift.... This was given to me by Barb. It's tweaked a bit. Enjoy!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Carrot Cake

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups shredded carrots
• 2⁄3; cup chopped walnuts
• 1⁄3; cup raisins (optional)

cream cheese frosting

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• ½ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon lemon , zest of, of
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Cake.
2. Preheat oven to 350.
3. Grease and flour 13x9 cake pan.
4. With mixer, cream together the sugar and eggs.
5. Slowly pour in oil, mixing until fully incorporated.
6. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in increments.
7. Add carrots and walnuts stir in and stir in optional raisins.
8. Pour into prepared cake pan.
9. Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hour.
10. Frosting.
11. Cream together the cream cheese and butter/margarine.
12. Add vanilla, lemon juice and zest.
13. Blend in powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
14. Frost cooled cake.

Reviews

[Yourrose99]

Very good, simple recipe. The cake was moist and delicious!

[wyldflower]

This is the recipe I use. Moist, spicy and just plain yummy. I add raisins and just a tad more lemon juice. I've made it a few times now and we all love it. Thanks for sharing :)

[justcallmejulie]

Who can say "no" to carrot cake? This was sufficiently moist and spicy. I passed on the rasins and added some drained crushed pineapple.