old fashioned carrot cake

Ingredients old fashioned carrot cake

1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup grated carrots
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
icing
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
2 8 oz blocks of cream cheese (room temperature)
3 1/2 to 4 cups powdered sugar

how to make old fashioned carrot cake

Preheat oven to 350°

Beat oil and sugar, then add eggs. Beat until mixed.

Add the rest of the cake ingredients in the order given and beat for 1 minute.

Pour cake batter into two greased 9 inch round cake pans.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let cakes cool in pans for 10 minutes, then loosen edges with butter knife and invert cake onto plate or wire rack to finish cooling. Once completely cool, stack one cake on the other and frost.

Icing: mix butter and cream cheese together until smooth, then add sugar a little at a time until smooth and desired consistency. Spread on cooled cake.