Margaret's Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups grated carrots
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine grated carrots, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• 4 stir in eggs, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, pineapple and 3/4 cup chopped pecans.
• 5 spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 6 bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 7 allow to cool.
• 8 to make frosting: in a medium bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla.
• 9 beat until smooth, and then stir in 1 cup chopped pecans.
• 10 spread on cooled cake.