[recipe] Carrot Cake

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I know I have posted this here before and it should also be in our

files

already, but here it is again. The magazine I copied it out of said

it was an old

family recipe over 100 years old. I have made it myself and it

certainly has a

wonderful old fashioned taste.

 

Carrot Cake

 

2 cup flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups oil

2 cups finely grated carrots

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup well drained crushed pineapple

1 cup flaked coconut

1 cup chopped nuts, divided

 

Frosting:

2 packages (3oz each) cream cheese, softened

3 cups confectioners' sugar

6 Tbs butter or margarine, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

 

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add eggs, oil, carrots

and

vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in coconut and 1/2 cup nuts. Pour

into

greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or

unitl cake

tests done. Cool. Combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl; mix

until well

blended. Frost cooled cake. Sprinkle top with remaining nuts. Store

in

refrigerator. Yield: 12- 16 servings

 

~ PT ~

 

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

~ Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)