John’s Million Dollar Carrot Cake

300
35-40 minutes

Cake

1 cup brown sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/3 tsp cinnamon
1 cup oil (or butter)
2 cups finely grated carrots
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup oil (or butter)
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
  1. Beat together sugar and oil
  2. Add eggs one at a time
  3. While continuing to blend, sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together
  4. Add to first mixture and fold in carrots and nuts
  5. Bake in two eight or nine-inch greased pans at 300 degrees for 35-40 minutes
  6. Cool on rack for 5 minutes, then remove from pans

Icing

8 oz softened cream cheese
1/8 cup softened butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups icing sugar
    1. Mix cream cheese, butter, icing sugar, and vanilla
    2. Beat until well blended
    3. Ice top of each cake