Andre Blacks Carrot Cake Recipe - eggs

Method

• Here is a recipe, developed young man here in the Detroit area.
• With this recipe, he won a $10,000 scholarship to Johnson and Wales College, that is considered a top-notch cooking school, located in Charleston, SC.
• This young man, Andre Black, spent 2 weeks developing this recip, this cake was among the top 19 recipes chosen (out of 270) as winners.
• Andre was on the Detroit News food writer, Robin Mather says "For a Carrot Cake, this is a hell of a fruit cake.
• She found this cake suited to 3 8" layers.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour three 8" layer pans.
• Combine Large eggs, sugar and oil.
• Beat on high speed till creamy and thick, 3-5 min.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
• Slowly add in 1/3 of the dry ingredients to egg mix; beat well.
• Repeat with remaining dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
• Batter will be extrememly stiff; it may be necessary to blend with a spatula or possibly spoon.
• One by one, mix in carrots, coconut, pineapple, walnuts and raisins.
• Divide batter between the 3 prepared cake pans.
• Bake at 350 for 40-45 min, arranging cake pans in oven once.
• The cake is done when the tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cake cold in pans 5 min.
• Turn out onto rack to cold completely.
• When cakes are cold, prepare frosting: combine margarine, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
• Beat till smooth.
• Frost cake.
• * Andre's original recipe, written in professional baking terms, calls for 6 ounce beaten Large eggs, 15 1/2 ounce of sugar, and 12 ounce cake flour
• Andre hopes tobbecome an executive chef, and own his own resturant someday.