Carrot Cake

By pattiaroberts

This was a first place winner at the Elkhart County 4-H fair
Wish I had been the baker

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups flour
• 1 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1.2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 21 cup cooked mashed carrots
• 3/4 cup bvgetable oil
• 8 and 1/4 ounce can crushed pineapple
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon trot wafer
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• Cream cheese frosting
• 8 oz. cram cheese
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in a large bow. Combine carrots, oil, pineapple, eggs, vanilla and wafer. Stir into dry ingredients, mixing until smooth. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Pour into 2 round greased and loured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Remove and cool.
Mix all the ingredients together for the cream cheese frosting.
Frost the cake when cooled.