Mom's Carrot Cake

ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 cups grated carrots
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts)

For Cream Cheese Icing*:
8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups icing sugar

*Will generously ice a 9x13 sheet cake. You may need to increase/double to ice a layer cake.

method

Cream together sugar and oil. Add carrots and mix. Add eggs and mix. Stir in remaining ingredients and mix well.

Pour batter into a 9x13 baking pan (or 2-8" rounds to make a layer cake).
Bake 25-35 minutes (for 8' round) or 40-45 minutes for 9x13 in 350° F. oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool completely. Ice with Cream Cheese Icing.