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Ingredients

CAKE:
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups grated carrots
FROSTING:
3 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Container: 9" x 13" cake pan, 8" round cake pan, or 9" round cake pan

Directions

PREP

1 hr

COOK

45 mins

READY IN

1 hr

CAKE:

Grease and flour pans. Preheat oven to 325°F.
Combine oil, sugar, and eggs and beat well.
Sift the flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon together. Add to the sugar mixture and beat for 2 minutes. Add vanilla and blend well.
Stir in grated carrots until evenly distributed. Do not over-stir. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake for 45 minutes or until done. Check for doneness by poking with a toothpick. Toothpick should come out clean.

FROSTING:

Cream cheese and butter or margarine should be slightly soft, but not too soft. Cream butter or margarine and cream cheese together.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until well blended. Add more powdered sugar if you would like the frosting to be a little thicker.
Frost cake when it is completely cooled. Frosting may be stored in the refrigerator 1 to 2 weeks. Remove from refrigerator a little while before using.

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