Best Ever Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups corn oil
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups peeled and grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup raisins (or more depending on how much you like raisins)
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple (drained)
• 1 cup shredded coconut (optional, for decoration)
• 1 cup butter
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 beat together corn oil, sugar and eggs until well combined.
• 2 in a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves.
• 3 add to egg-sugar mixture, mixing well.
• 4 drain the pineapple well.
• 5 add the carrots, walnuts, raisins and pineapple to mixture.
• 6 blend to mix well.
• 7 pour batter into a 9-10 inch greased and floured cake pan. *i use a springform pan and then split the cake into two layers.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees for approximately one hour or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 let cake cool on rack.
• 10 prepare frosting.
• 11 cream cheese icing:.
• 12 in a medium mixer bowl, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth. add confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla. beat on high until smooth. this recipe yields approximately 5 1/2 cups. you'll have plenty extra which i think is better than having too little! : ).