Mineshaft Carrot Cake
- Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 20 ounces crushed pineapple, undrained
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup raisins
- Frosting
- 3/4 lb butter, softened
- 1 - 1 1/2 lb powdered sugar
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Beat well.
- In another large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Add sugar mixture to flour mixture alternately with pineapple; mix well.
- Add carrots, raisins, coconut, and walnuts to already mixed cake batter.
- Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 1 hour or until cake tests done.
- For frosting, combine butter, vanilla, cream cheese, and enough powdered sugar to thicken slightly; beat well.
- Thin frosting, if needed, by adding milk or cream, a tablespoonful at a time.
- Beat until smooth.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mineshaft-carrot-cake-358265 (may not work)