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Viewed: 104 - Published at: 6 years agoIngredients
- 1T margarine
- 1 A 1/2 c + 2T flour
- 1c sugar
- 1 A 1/2 t baking soda
- 1t baking powder
- 1t ground cinnamon
- A 1/2 t ground cloves
- A 1/2 t fresh nutmeg
- A 1/2 t ground allspice
- 1/2t salt
- 2/3c vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2lbs carrots; peeled, trimmed, very finely grated (about 4c or 6 large carrots). I use a food processor to start off the carrots, and then 10 minutes with a large chef knife to further chop the carrots
- ==Frosting==
- 12oz soft cream cheese
- 7T unsalted butter, softened (note, 1 stick = 8T)
- 1t vanilla
- 3c powdered sugar
Method
- ==Cake==
- Wipe bottoms and sides of two 8-inch-round cake pans with margarine.
- Dust cake pans with 1T flour each.
- Preheat oven to 350
- In large bowl add: remaining 1.5c flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and salt.
- Mix together
- Add slightly beaten eggs, vegetable oil.
- Stir until smooth
- Add finely grated carrots and stir.
- Divide batter between two cake pans and bake for 25 min, or just until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- ==Frosting==
- In mixer, mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla until smooth.
- Mix in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, until frosting becomes light in consistency.
- After cake is cool enough to move, put one cake on serving plate, spread 1/3 of frosting on top, then layer second cake on top and spread remaining frosting around sides and top.
