Carrot Cake
- Cake
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup melted butter, slightly cooled
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 8 ounces crushed pineapple
- 4 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup grated coconut
- Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
- For cake---------------.
- Put raisins in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9" x 13" cake pan.
- Sift flour, soda, cinnamon and salt together.
- Beat eggs, butter, milk, sugar and vanilla together.
- Drain water from raisins with a sieve.
- Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
- Stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts, coconuts and raisins and mix.
- Pour into pan and bake for about one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan.
- Cool completely before Icing.
- For frosting----------------.
- Beat butter and cream cheese.
- Add vanilla and sugar and blend well.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carrot-cake-16720 (may not work)