Family Carrot Cake
photo by Sageca
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 295.73 ml vegetable oil
- 473.18 ml granulated sugar
- 9.85 ml vanilla
- 473.18 ml flour
- 9.85 ml baking soda
- 9.85 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml salt
- 9.85 ml cinnamon
- 709.77 ml carrots, shredded
- 177.44 ml pecans
- pecans, chopped
- frosting
- 118.29 ml butter
- 226.79 g package cream cheese, softened
- 946.36 ml icing sugar
- 2.46 ml almond extract
- 59.14 ml pecans
directions
- Cake.
- Preheat oven to 350*. Grease and flour 9”x13” inch pan.
- In large bowl beat eggs, oil, granulated sugar and vanilla.
- In medium bowl, stir flour baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Incorporate dry ingredients to creamy mixture.
- Add carrots, mix and fold in pecans.
- Pour batter in prepared pan.
- Bake 45 minutes until tester inserted in centre of cake comes out clean. Let cool. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
- Frosting.
- In medium size bowl, mix butter and cream cheese till smooth.
- Add almond extract. Gradually add icing sugar and beat till mixture is homogeneous.
- Spread over cooled cake; decorate with pecan halves.
- Tip; Use your food processor to grate the carrots.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sageca
Canada
I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!