Carrot Cake – McCalls

Cake:

  • 2½ C cake flour
  • 1 C light brown sugar
  • 1 C granulated sugar
  • 2 TSP baking powder
  • 1 TSP baking soda
  • 1 TSP salt
  • 1 TSP cinnamon
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 TBS lemon peel (grated)
  • 2 TBS orange peel (grated)
  • 3 C carrots (grated)
  • 2 TBS lemon juice
  • 8 OZ butter or margarine
  • 2 TBS orange juice
  • 1 C nuts (chopped)
  • 1 C raisins (optional)

Icing:

  • 8 OZ cream cheese
  • 1 LB confectioners XXX powdered sugar
  • ½ C butter
  • 1 TSP vanilla

Oven: 350

  1. Cream butter and sugars for 4 minutes.
  2. Add eggs one at a time.
  3. Mix all dry ingredients. Add in 3 parts alternately with juices.
  4. Beat on low only till smooth. Stir in carrots, nuts, peels and raisins with a spoon.
  5. Grease and flour a 10” tube pan.
  6. Pour batter. Bake for 60 minutes.
  7. Cool in the pan.
  8. Turn out and frost with cream cheese icing.