Recipe: Cici’s Carrot Cake and Homemade Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1 C veg oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 C shredded carrot
• 8oz crushed pineapple (drained)
• Optional: 1 C coconut, 1 C Raisings, 1 C chopped nuts
• 16 oz of Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/2 C Butter, softened
• 4 C powdered sugar

Instructions

Cake
• Preheat oven to 350 & flour & grease 2 8" round pans
• In one bowl mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon).
• In another bowl mix sugar, oil, eggs & vanilla.
• Pour the wet sugar mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Stir in carrots, pineapple and any optional additions.
• Pour into cake pans and bake for 30-45 minutes.
Icing
• In a mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together.
• When fully combined add the sugar (about a half cup at a time) and beat until thick and creamy.
• Recipe may be halved