Simply Delicious Carrot Cake And Dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups carrots, grated
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
• 2 (1 lb) packages powdered sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped for garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream oil and sugar together with an electric mixer.
• 2 in a seperate bowl sift together all dry ingredients.
• 3 add eggs and dry mixture alternately, beating to combine after each addition.
• 4 stir in carrots and pecans by hand.
• 5 prepare 3, 9 inch round cake pans.
• 6 bake in a 350 pre-heated oven for 35 minutes.
• 7 frosting:.
• 8 cream butter and cream cheese together.
• 9 blend in powdered sugar.
• 10 beat until smooth, creamy and dreamy.
• 11 when cakes are completely cooled ice tops only as you stack the 3 layers.
• 12 when assembled, frost top and sides with a hearty layer of the frosting.
• 13 garnish with additional chopped pecans if desired.