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light brown sugar soy oil buttermilk honey eggs flour cinnamon salt baking soda lemon zest carrots raisins walnuts cream cheese icing cream cheese sweet butter powdered sugar walnuts
Viewed: 65 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup soy oil
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 cups carrots, finely grated
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- Cream cheese icing
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 4 ounces sweet butter (room temperature)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter and lightly flour two 8-inch cake pans.
- Mix together sugar, oil, buttermilk, honey, and eggs in the large bowl of a mixer.
- Beat until light.
- Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
- Add this gradually to the egg mixture.
- Stir in lemon zest, grated carrots, raisins, and walnuts.
- Pour into prepared pans; distribute evenly.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Center will spring back when lightly pressed.
- Turn onto rack to cool.
- While cakes are cooling; prepare frosting.
- For icing: Mix all ingredients well and chill 1 hour before frosting the cake.
