Best Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3 cups shredded carrots
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 first prepare the cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 combine all cake ingredients (brown sugar, oil, eggs, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, carrots and pecans) in a large bowl.
• 4 pour batter into a 13x9 inch cake pan or two 8 inch round cake pans that have been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes (if using 13x9) or until toothpick comes out clean but cake is still moist.
• 6 allow cake to cool and prepare cream cheese frosting.
• 7 in a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla.
• 8 cover cooled cake with frosting, slice and serve.
• 9 you may want to keep it in the fridge if you aren't going to be eating it right away because of the cream cheese in the frosting.