WALNUT CARROT CAKE

By junospride

Dessert

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1 1/2 cups Walnuts
• 3 cups Flour
• 3 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 2 cups Brown Sugar
• 4 lrg. Eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. Nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. Cloves
• 3 tbsp. Milk
• 3 cups Grated Carrots
• 1 cup Oil
• 6 oz. Cream Cheese
• 1/3 cup Butter or Margarine
• 3 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
• 1 tsp. Milk

Preparation

Step 1

Chop 1/2 cup Walnuts fine.
Grease 3-9" round pans.
Sprinkle each with 2 1/2 tbsp. of fine chopped walnuts.
Chop remaining walnuts coarser-set aside.
Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt-set aside.
Beat together sugar, eggs, oil and spices.
Beat on high until light and well blended.
Add 1/2 of flour mixture, blend.
Add milk and remaining flour. Mix well.
Stir in carrots and chopped walnuts.
Pour into pans.
Bake 350-25 mins or tests done.
Cool in pans 10 mins. then on rack.
When cold, frost with butter cream or cream cheese frosting.
Frost just tops of layers.
Decorate with walnuts.