Serves: 5
Total Calories: 1,810
Yield: 1 (3-layer) cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups grated carrots
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Deluxe Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup flaked coconut

Combine dry ingredients. Stir gently and set aside. Combine eggs and oil, beating well. Fold in dry ingredients and carrots. Spoon batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes or until cake tests done (cake layers will be thin). Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pans and cool completely.

Deluxe Cream Cheese Frosting:
Combine butter and cream cheese. Cream until light and fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla, mixing well. Stir in pecans and coconut. Spread frosting between layers and on top and side of cake.


Fun Fact: Did you know…

That carrots are not always orange? They can also be found in purple, white, red, or yellow.

That carrots have the highest content of beta carotene (vitamin a) of all vegetables? Vitamin a is perhaps most well-known for its importance to our vision, but is also vital to other body systems and functions.

That carrots were first grown as a medicine, not a food? Doctors in the Middle ages prescribed carrots as a medicine for every possible affliction, from cleaning teeth to treating dog bites!

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 1,810
Calories from Fat: 908

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