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Carrot Nut Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients :
1	cup	Butter (at room temperature)
1 1/2	cup	Sugar
1/2	cup	Packed brown sugar
1/2	tsp	Cinnamon
1	x	Lemon rind, grated
1/4	tsp	Nutmeg
4	x	Eggs (at room temperature)
3	cup	Sifted flour
3	tsp	Baking powder (** or 1-1/2 tsp. + 1 t water if altitude ) 5000 ft)
1/2	tsp	Salt
1/2	cup	Fresh orange juice (at room temperature)
2	cup	Finely grated carrots (at room temperature)
1/2	cup	Finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1	tsp	Vanilla
CREAM CHEESE ICING
4	oz	Cream cheese (at room temperature)
1/2	cup	Butter (at room temperature)
2 1/2	cup	Sifted confectioners sugar
1/2	tsp	Vanilla

How to cook :

This is my favorite Carrot Cake recipe.
..it comes out very moist and the icing is delicious.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
Add the cinnamon, lemon rind, and nutmeg.
Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time.
Into a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
Stir in the carrots nuts and vanilla.
Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9"x12" pan (or 10" tube pan) and bake at 350 degreesF for 45-60 minutes or until the cake tests done.
Let the cake cool and ice with Cream Cheese Icing.
Serves 14-16.Cream Cheese Icing: In a bowl, cream together the cream and butter.
Slowly add the confectioners sugar and vanilla and blend until the mixture is smooth.
Spread icing on a cooled cake.
All Saints' Episcopal Church, River Ridge, Louisana/CAKES.

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