Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake

By Lorena_321

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 1 (9 oz.) pkg. frozen sliced carrots
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 t. baking soda
• 2 t. cinnamon
• 1 t. salt
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 t. vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13" baking pan. Cook carrots according to package directions until tender. Drain and mash in a large bowl. Add sugar, oil and eggs; beat well.
Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Beat into carrot mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan on a wire rack. To prepare frosting, beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla in a bowl until creamy. Add enough powdered sugar to make frosting a spreadable consistency. Spread frosting evenly over cake. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. cut into squares.