Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup louana vegetable oil
  • 1 12 cups granulated sugar
  • 12 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 12 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 12 teaspoon baking soda
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 12 cup chopped toasted pecans
  • 12 cup butter, softened
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pecan halves, toasted
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pitted dates
  • 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped raisins
  • 2 kiwi fruits, peeled and sliced long-ways
  • pecan halves
  • maraschino cherry

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Line bottoms of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with waxed paper; coat with cooking spray.
  • Combine and stir oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract and eggs in a large bowl.
  • Stir flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in separate bowl.
  • Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; stir just until combined.
  • Stir in carrot and pecans.
  • Divide batter between pans.
  • Bake for 45 minutes.
  • If you insert a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean, its ready.
  • Cool pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
  • Remove cakes; cool completely on racks.
  • For frosting, combine and beat butter and cream cheese.
  • Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
  • Remove 1 1/4 cups frosting and add pecans, dates and raisins; set remaining frosting aside.
  • Place one cake layer on a plate; top with nut and fruit mixture.
  • Place second cake layer on top.
  • Spread very thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake, which eases the main frosting process.
  • Chill cake and remaining frosting 1 hour.
  • Spread remaining frosting over entire cake.
  • Garnish with kiwi, pecans and cherries.