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Mary’s Famous Carrot Cake


 
Ingredients:                                     2 tsp. vanilla
 
2 cups flour                                      2 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups sugar                                    1 ½ baking soda
 
4 eggs                                               4 cups shredded carrot
 
1 ½ cups canola oil
 
Cooking Direction:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  1. Grate carrots, set aside (food processor works best)
  2. Hand mix eggs and add oil. Add dry ingredients, mix until well combined but do not over beat. Add grated carrots.
  3. Spray 3-8 inch cake pans with cooking spray and line with wax paper (outline pans on the wax paper and cut out three rounds) Bake cakes for 20-25 minutes, just until done, better a little underdone than overdone. Cool completely.
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:              
 
1-8oz.package Cream Cheese (softened)         3 cups Power Sugar
 
1 stick of Butter (softened)                                2 tsp. Vanilla

Chopped Walnuts
 
Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powder sugar beat together and whip until smooth and creamy. When cool, frost with cream cheese frosting and top with chopped Walnuts.