Carrot Apple Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup grated apple
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• walnut halves
• grated lemon, rind of

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*f and grease and flour a 9x9 inch baking pan.
• 2 mix together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 in another bowl, whisk together oil, sugars and eggs until well combined.
• 4 gradually stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients, until thoroughly mixed.
• 5 stir in grated carrots and apples until just combined and pour into baking pan.
• 6 bake for 30-35 minutes or until tests done in the center with a butter knife.
• 7 cool for 5 minutes then take out of pan to cool completely on a wire rack.
• 8 for frosting, mix cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a wooden spoon.
• 9 stir in lemon juice and vanilla then gradually start adding the confectioners' sugar until blended.
• 10 beat with an electric mixer to get frosting smooth, then frost top and sides of cooled cake.
• 11 cut into squares and serve, garnish with walnut halves and grated lemon peel, if desired.