Glazed carrot nut cake

 
                           Glazed Carrot Nut Cake
 
 Recipe By     : The Canadiana Cookbook/Mme Jehane Benoit/1970
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes                            Sent To Tnt
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1 1/4  c             salad oil
    2      c             fine granulated sugar
    2      c             all-purpose flour
    1      tsp           baking soda
    1      tsp           salt
    2      tsp           cinnamon
    4                    eggs
    3      c             grated raw carrots
    1      c             finely chopped walnuts or pecans
                         Glaze:
    1      c             sugar
                         grated peel of 1/2 an orange
      1/4  c             cornstarch
    1      c             orange juice
    1      tsp           lemon juice
    2      tbsp          butter
      1/2  tsp           salt
 
 Beat the oil and sugar with mixer for 5 minutes. Sift the next 5
 ingredients together and stir half into sugar mixture. Blend thoroughly.
 Add remainng half of dry ingredients, alternately with eggs, one at a time,
 mixing well after each addition.
 
 Add carrots and nuts, mix well and pour into a lightly oiled 10-inch tube
 pan. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. When done, invert pan
 on cake rack and let it cool.
 
 For the glaze, place the sugar, orange peel, cornstarch, and orange juice
 in a saucepan and stir until well mixed. Then add the lemon juice, butter
 and salt. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until thick and
 glossy.
 
 Let cool until tepid, then spread on unmolded cake. When cool, freeze cake
 on a tray, then remove cake, wrap, label and put back in freezer, if
 desired, for storage.
 
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 NOTES : This will keep for three months in the freezer. I always like to
 have one on hand. If you don't want to make the orange glaze, put whipped
 cream on the cake when you're ready to serve it.