All Recipes Dessert Recipes Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ cups vegetable oil 4 eggs 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese ¼ cup heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Nutrition Info

593.4 calories carbohydrate: 68.6 g cholesterol: 65.6 mg fat: 34.4 g fiber: 1.9 g protein: 5.7 g saturatedFat: 6.4 g servingSize: - sodium: 312.7 mg sugar: 52 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
Combine the sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, soda, oil. With an electric mixer beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the carrots and the walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour 20 minutes. Note: this cake can be made in two 9 inch layer cake pans just change the baking time to 40 minutes.
To Make Frosting: With an electric mixer blend the cream cheese and cream. Add the vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Frosting can be spread and a still warm cake.

1 -9 or 10 inch tube cake

This recipe makes a fabulous and moist carrot cake. Try it for Thanksgiving instead of or in addition to pumpkin pie.