Carrot Cake

My Dad came to visit last weekend and his favorite thing is carrot cake. I decided to bake him one. I used the recipe from one of my favorite blogs: Lovin' from the oven. The cake came out really moist and delicious. It was also ridiculously easy. The hardest part was shredding the carrots. I would definitely make this recipe again.








Ingredients:
For the cake:
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
2 cups AP flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
3 cups shredded carrot
1 cup chopped walnuts
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
I added 1 cup of raisins, I suggest that if you like raisins

For the Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
few drops of water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all the cake ingredients together in a bowl until well combined. Grease and flour a pan, and pour in the batter. Bake for about 45 minutes, maybe a little more or less depending on the pan size you use (I made a bundt and it took about 55 minutes).

While the cake is baking, make the frosting by beating all the ingredients together until smooth. Wait for the cake to cool, then frost and enjoy!

-Irene