Old Fashion Carrot Cake Recipe

Yummy Carrot Cake Recipe

This carrot cake is a family favourite.  It has pineapple and walnuts hidden inside that makes it super yummy.  Of course, the cream cheese icing helps too!

Old Fashion Carrot Cake

Makes 1 large Cake

1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup pineapple tidbits, drained
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Beat together sugars, oil and eggs until blended.  Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.  Stir in carrots, pineapples and walnuts.  Pour into a lightly greased 13 x 10 inch pan.  Bake until cooked about 50 minutes.  When cool spread icing on top.  Store cake in refrigerator if using cream cheese icing.

Cream Cheese Icing:

1 cup cream cheese
3 1/2 cup icing sugar
1/4 cup soft butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream all together.  When cake is cool spread icing evenly on top.

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing