I just made this recipe and not only does it taste delicious, but the aroma coming from the oven was incredible! I cut the recipe in half and just used one dish. Here's what I did...
Carrot Cake
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 + 1/8 cup vegetable oil
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1/4 cup raisins (I let them soak in water for a couple of minutes so that they would "plump up")
Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9" round or 8" square dish. Beat together eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, soda, powder, salt, and cinnamon. Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Stir in carrots and raisins. Bake for 35-45 minutes. While it is cooling, make this icing:
Cream Cheese Icing
4oz cream cheese... or a 75g"carré frais" if you are in France :)
1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
Allow the cream cheese and butter to soften. Beat together the butter and cream cheese with vanilla. Add powdered sugar a little at a time to maintain a smooth consistency. Spread over top of cake and sprinkle with raisins or nuts, if desired.
For best results wait until the cake has completely cooled... I'm always to impatient for that, though :-) Thus my non-smooth icing coverage:
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