Tex's Carrot Cake

By Addie

Ingredients

• CAKE
• 3 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups oil
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 cups carrots, grated
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 tsp vanilla
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• ICING
• 1 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 6 cups icing sugar

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in sugar, raisins, and walnuts. Make a well and add oil, carrots, pineapple, vanilla, and eggs. Blend well. Pour into a greased 9 or 10 inch round baking pan and bake in a 350F oven for approximately 1 hour until skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool.



To prepare icing, beat together room temperature cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and icing sugar and continue beating until smooth. Cut the cake in half horizontally and spread some icing between the two layers, before icing the whole cake.