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Carrot Cake - Everyone's Favourite

Brenda Chorney

Always Moist, Always Delicious

Yield: 1 cake


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12 servings

Ingredients:

2 cup
flour
500 mL
2 cup
sugar
500 mL
1/2 tsp
salt
2 mL
2 tsp
baking soda
10 mL
2 tsp
cinnamon
10 mL
1/2 tsp
allspice
2 mL
1 cup
canola oil
250 mL
4
eggs,
4
3 cup
finely grated carrot
750 mL

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC)
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside.
3. In a second large bowl, combine canola oil and eggs. Beat well. Add dry ingredients and mix well to combine wet and dry ingredients. Add carrots and mix just to combine the carrots with the cake batter.
4. Spray two 8 inch pans with canola oil. Line bottom with parchment paper. Spray paper. Pour batter equally into both pans. Spread evenly.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

Creamy Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

1/2 cup
canola margarine
125 mL
4 cup
sifted icing sugar
1 L
8 oz
light cream cheese
1 cup
2 tsp
vanilla
10 mL

Directions:

6. Frosting: In a large bowl, cream together margarine and cream cheese. Add icing sugar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add in vanilla. Mix again.
7. Place one cooled cake on serving platter. Spread with some of the frosting. Place second cake on top of the first. Spread top and sides of cake with frosting. Store cake in refrigerator.




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