Nana’s Amazing Carrot Cake & Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

• 2 cups Sugar
• 1-¼ cup Oil
• 4 whole Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
• ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• 2 cups Grated Raw Carrot (about Three Carrots)
• 1 cup Chopped Nuts, Plus More For Sprinkling On Top
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• FOR THE FROSTING:
• 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Room Temperature
• 1 stick Butter, Room Temperature
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2-½ cups To 3 Cups Powdered Sugar

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and add them to the egg mixture. Add shredded carrots and nuts. You could also add about a 1/2 cup of raisins in you’d like, but we prefer it without.

Bake in greased cake pans, either two round pans or one 9×13 pan.

Depending on the size of pan you choose to use, your baking time will vary. I bake mine in round pans and it usually takes around 45 minutes.

Prepare frosting by mixing the frosting ingredients together until smooth. Frost cake when the cake is cool. Sprinkle with more chopped nuts.

Enjoy!