McCalls Best Ever Carrot Cake
- 1 1/2 cups corn oil
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves, ground
- 2 cups carrots shredded
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- 8 ounces pineapple, canned, crushed well drained
- 3/4 cup coconut, shredded (desiccated)
- 16 ounces cream cheese two packages
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Beat together corn oil, eggs, and sugar until well combined.
- In a bowl, sift the flour and salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves.
- Add the egg and sugar mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Add the carrots, walnuts and pineapple.
- Blend together mixing well.
- Pour batter into greased and floured 9 or 10 inch round cake pan.
- Bake at 350F (180C) F for 1 hour until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cake cool on racks.
- Prepare the frosting.
- Split cake into 2 layers.
- Assemble.
- Cover with the frosting (see below).
- Sprinkle with coconut.
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- In a bowl thoroughly blend together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
corn oil, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, carrots, walnuts, pineapple, coconut, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/mccalls-best-carrot-cake-52838 (may not work)