Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

 
                   Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
 
 Recipe By     : Great American Home Baking
 Serving Size  : 10   Preparation Time :0:45
 Categories    : Cakes                            Nuts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
                         --Cake--
    2      Cups          Flour
    2      Teaspoons     Cinnamon
    1      Teaspoon      Baking Powder
      1/4  Teaspoon      Salt
      2/3  Cup           Butter -- softened
    1      Cup           Sugar
    3      Large         Eggs
      2/3  Cup           Milk
    3      Medium        Carrots -- grated
      1/2  Cup           Walnuts -- coarse chop
                         --Icing--
      1/2  Cup           Butter -- softened
    4      Ounces        Cream Cheese -- softened
    1      Teaspoon      Vanilla Extract
    2 1/2  Cups          Confectioners Sugar
                         --Topping--
      1/4  Cup           Walnuts -- finely chopped
    2      Tablespoons   Light Brown Sugar
 
 Preheat oven to 350. 
 Grease 9" round cake pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess. 
 
 Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking powder & salt. Beat together butter
 & sugar at medium speed until light & fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time,
 beating well after each. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture &
 milk into butter mixture. Stir in carrots & nuts. Pour batter into
 prepared pan. Bake cake until top springs back when lightly touched & a
 toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 min. Transfer pan
 to wire rack to cool for 10 min. Turn cake out onto rack to cool
 completely. Prepare icing: Beat together butter & cream cheese at med
 speed until completely smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in confectioners
 sugar until well blended. To prepare topping, mix together nuts & brown
 sugar. Place cake on serving plate. Spread icing over top & sides.
 Sprinkle with nut topping mixture.
 
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