Carrot Cake

Beat                (2 c. sugar
Together          (1-1/2 c. vegetable oil

Add - Mix         (4 eggs
Well              

                      (2-1/4 c. sifted flour
Sift Together    (2 tsp. baking soda
and add           (1 tsp. salt
                      (3 tsp. cinnamon

Fold in -           (3 c. finely grated raw carrots (about 1 lb. pkg)
Blend well        (1 c. chopped walnuts
                       (1 c. raisins

Bake at 300 deg. for about 1 hour. Makes a 3-layer cake or 1 flat cake 9x13. Ice with Cream Cheese Icing.

CREAM CHEESE ICING

Half
1                       2 large (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2                    1 (1 lb.) box powdered sugar
1/4                    1/2 stick margarine
1                       2 tsp. vanilla

Beat cream cheese until soft. Add margarine and cream cheese together. Sift powdered sugar and add. Add vanilla and beat well. Spread on slightly warm cake.

Use half recipe for top only of 9x13 cake.

- Ferne Egbert - 3/63
  Stuttgart, Germany