Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing From Egg Farmers Of Ontario

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• cake:
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can crushed pineapple, well drained
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• icing:
• 1/2 (250 g) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups icing sugar
• milk

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• cake: combine sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until combined. combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. add to liquid ingredients; beat until combined. stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts and raisins. pour batter into a greased 12-cup (3 l) bundt pan or 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan. bake in a preheated 350 degrees f (180 degrees c) oven until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean (about 60 to 65 minutes for bundt pan or 45 to 50 minutes for 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan). let cake cool before icing.
• icing: combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla and icing sugar in a bowl. beat with an electric mixer until smooth. thin with a little milk, adding 1 tbsp for spreading or about 4 tbsp (60 ml) for drizzling over cake.