Sophia's Carrot Cake

By Reen

Ingredients

• For Frosting:
• 2 Cups Sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 Cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking soda
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 Cups grated carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 8 oz. Cream Cheese (softened)
• 1 whole stick Butter (softened)
• 2 Cups confectioner's Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Cream Sugar and eggs; add oil and mix well. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Add vanilla, carrots, nuts and raisins. Pour into 9 x 24 rectangular buttered and floured pan or three 9 inch pans and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. Spread cream cheese frosting between layers and on top of stacked cakes or on top of rectangular cake. Sprinkle top with nuts if you choose not to put nuts directly in the frosting.

For Cream Cheese Frosting, cream cheese and butter; add sugar and lemon juice. Lemon juice really makes the flavor "pop". Kalyee Oreksei!!