Grandma Chics Carrot Cake 1968

Yummmmy yummmmy in my tummmmy cake !!!!!!! My mom-in-law, finally gave this recipe to me in 1968, after every weekend out at the cottage, I would eat it all up, and leave nothing for them to take home. There's always a new way to get their prized recipes.......375 degrees oven 45 minutes, remove poke holes place on filling and return to 375 degrees oven last 15 minutes, 9 1/2 cup greased and floured tube pan. Remember also if you use a bundt pan they have a tendency to cook faster, and if not careful could result in a drier cake. Also I like to make the holes for the topping with the handle of a wooden spoon that way everything goes into the cake a little better, leaving only a slight amount on top.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 2  cups  grated fresh carrots (should be 4 carrots)
• 4  whole eggs
• 2  cups granulated sugar
• 1  cup golden raisins or 1  cup  drained crushed pineapple
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  teaspoons cinnamon
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup canola oil or 1  cup  vegetable  salad oil
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts

• Topping

• 3  tablespoons  melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons Carnation Evaporated Milk
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped walnuts
•  i usually make one and a half times the topping with  nuts, chopped fine the cake can take that much, using a wooden spoon to poke holes almost to the bottom

• Glaze

• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons water
• 1  dash salt
• 2  teaspoons instant coffee granules
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1 1⁄3 cups  powdered icing sugar

Directions

1. Cake Method: Beat eggs, and gradually add the sugar Blend in the grated carrots Sift the dry ingredients together and add alternately with the salad oil Blend in the vanilla Add the nuts Add the raisins OR pineapple Pour into prepared pan Bake the first 45 minutes at 375 degrees.
2. Remove from oven With a large handle of a wooden spoon or skewer poke holes all over the cake.
3. Down to bottom.
4. Pour topping into holes and all over top Place back into oven for the last 15 minutes 375 degrees.
5. Test with a tester, should come away clean.
6. When done remove from oven Place onto a cooling rack.
7. Cool completely When cool glaze with a coffee glaze over the top and over the sides.