Carrot Cake
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Neighbor's layer cake with cream-cheese icing
Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
From Given to Mom by neighbor.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sifted Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Power
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Salad Oil
- 2 cups Sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 package confectimer sugar
- 1 tsp Nvanilla
- 2 cups finely grat[cut off] carrots in the method; 1 tsp Baking Power; 1 package confectimer sugar; 1 tsp Nvanilla
Directions
- Sift to-gether
- Combine
- mix well add one at a time
- mix well add one at a time / Beat well after each add it im. gradually add dry ingredients. mixing well.
- Turn into 3/8 inch cake pans which have been greased and flour.
- Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 min.
- Icing
- Beat until bright
- Add 1 package confectimer sugar
Timing: 50 to 60 min.
Temperature: 350
Equipment: 3/8 inch cake pans
Pineapple-walnut cake with cream-cheese frosting
Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
Yield: 10 servings (generous)
Ingredients
- 2 c flour
- 1 t salt
- 1 t nutmeg
- 1 t cinnamon
- 1 1/2 t baking soda
- 2 t baking powder
- 1 1/2 c oil
- 2 c sugar
- 4 eggs, slightly beaten*
- 2 c grated raw carrots
- 1 c drained crushed pineapple
- 1/2 c chopped walnuts
- 8 ounces cream cheese*
- 1 Box confectioners sugar
- 1 t vanilla
- 1/2 t butter*
Directions
- Sift together into large bowl.
- Mix together and add to dry ingredients.
- Add to batter. Pour in greased bundt pan.
- Bake 1 Hr. 325°.
- or - 13 x 9 pan 30-35 minutes
- Cream together
- frost cake when cool
Timing: Bake 1 Hr.; 13 x 9 pan 30-35 minutes
Temperature: 325°
Equipment: large bowl; bundt pan; 13 x 9 pan
Notes
- Frosting
- * room temperature
Compare the cards
Cake formula
- Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
- 1 1/2 cups oil, nutmeg, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons baking powder, pineapple, and walnuts
- Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
- 1 cup salad oil, no nutmeg, 1 teaspoon each baking soda and baking powder, carrots, and no pineapple or walnuts
Pan, temperature, and time
- Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
- Greased Bundt pan at 325 degrees for one hour, or 13-by-9-inch pan for 30 to 35 minutes
- Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
- Ambiguous 3/8 inch cake pans at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes
Frosting or icing
- Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 box confectioners sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and card reads 1/2 t butter
- Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
- 1/2 cup butter, 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package confectioners sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla
Yield
- Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
- 10 servings (generous)
- Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
- No yield stated
Attribution
- Clear Tote handwritten Carrot Cake card
- No attribution stated
- Old Binder typed Carrot Cake page
- Given to Mom by neighbor
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