Out of this World Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

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Out of this World Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Prep time 15 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour Serves: 16

Ingredients

1½ cups white sugar
½ cup oil
3 eggs
¾ cup sour milk, put 1 tsp lemon juice in your measuring cup and then fill to ¾ cup with milk, let sit for 3-5 minutes
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2½ tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salts
2 cup finely shredded carrot. (don't do the big shred or they will still be a little crunchy even after cooking)
1 cup crushed pineapple, don't drain
1 cup shredded coconut
½ cup walnuts, plus more for garnish on frosted cake if desired
1 cup raisins (optional)


Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and grease and flour two circle cake pans. (you can line mine with a cutout of waxed paper to make them come out nice and perfect)
In your mixer or with a hand mixer, combine sugar, oil, eggs and milk. Mix well.
Add vanilla and mix until combined
Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
Next fold in the carrots, nuts, coconut, pineapple and raisins (if using). Fold them in until they are evenly distributed throughout the cake.
Pour half of the batter into each cake pan.
Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center of cake.
Let cool completely before frosting.


Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

2 (8oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

combine all ingredients in a mixer or use your hand mixer and mix until smooth
Spread a thin layer on one of the cakes and then place the other on top. Use the rest of the frosting to cover cake.
You can do a crumb layer first so you don’t get pieces of cake in the frosting. To do a crumb layer, just use a tiny amount of frosting and go over the whole cake. Put the cake in the fridge or freezer for about 20 minutes or until the frosting is set.
Take it out and frost it as you normally would. This layer helps seal in crumbs so they won’t show in your final product.
If desired, use nuts to decorate cake after frosting it.