Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped pecans or raisins (or both!)


• 1/2 cup softened
• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Heat oven to 175C. Grease and flour cake pan(s). Beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrot, fold in pecans/raisins and pour into pan. Bake for ~40-50 minutes or until just done in centre (toothpick test). Cool ten minutes in pan and then turn out on rack to finish cooling. For the frosting - combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans

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