Recipe for cooking gooey garden carrot cake

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Gooey Garden Carrot Cake

Posted by kdipaolo at recipegoldmine.com 7/12/01 4:48:24 am

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and prepare two very lrg. cake pans covered in Crisco and then dusted with flour.

Combine in a lrg. bowl:

2 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder

Combine in a sm.er bowl:

4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 1/2 c. corn oil

Combine ingredients in the lrg.r bowl and add:

3 c. shredded carrots
1 (16 ounce) can crushed pineapple drained
1 box chopped dates
1 c. lrg. flaked coconut
1 c. pecan halves
1 c. raisins

Mix all together and fill pans 3/4 full and bake for approximately 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

**You can choose either of the following toppings to use.

Topping 1

Mix together and boil for 5 mins.:

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring

Prick the top of the hot cake with a fork and pour the mixture over the top.

Topping 2

Mix together:

4 c. powdered sugar
16 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
4 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring

Frost cake.