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Viewed: 26 - Published at: 6 years agoIngredients
- 1 12 cups sugar
- 12 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup applesauce
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 34 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 cups carrots, grated
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 16 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 12 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 325F
- Lightly grease two 9-inch-diameter cake pans.
- Line bottom of pans with parchment paper.
- Lightly grease paper.
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar, applesauce and vegetable oil in bowl until combined.
- Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into sugar and oil mixture.
- Stir in carrots, and chopped pecans.
- Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally.
- Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean and cakes begin to pull away from sides of pans, about 45 minutes.
- Cool in pans on racks 15 minutes.
- Turn out cakes onto racks and cool completely.
- For frosting:Using electric mixer, beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth and creamy.
