Moist Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups finely grated carrots
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
• 3/4 cup golden raisin
• 3/4 chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup coconut
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 2 round cake pans.
• 3 in large mixing bowl, combine carrots, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• 4 mix until combined.
• 5 stir in eggs, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla, pineapple, raisins, coconut and 3/4 cup chopped pecans.
• 6 spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 7 bake for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes, comes out clean.
• 8 cool.
• 9 make frosting by combining the sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla and beating until smooth.
• 10 stir in pecans.
• 11 spread on cooled cake.