Carrot Cake

The one with the cream cheese frosting.

Cake Desserts SugarySweet

Ingredients

1-½ cu salad oil
2 cu sugar
2-½ cu flour
2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
2 t cinnamon
4 eggs
2-½ cu grated carrots (4/6 carrots)
1 cu crushed pineapple
1 t vanilla
1 cu chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Frosting:

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
3-½ cu. powdered sugar
½ cu margarine, softened
2 t vanilla

Directions

Combine oil and sugar. Mix well. Sift dry ingredients. Mix dry ingredients alternately with the eggs (1 at a time) to the oil and sugar mixture. Add carrots, pineapple, and vanilla. Mix well. Add nuts (reserve some for garnish).

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour in 10 inch angel food pan or 3 (9 inch) round pans.

Frosting:

Mix all ingredients. Spread on cool cake. Garnish with nuts.