Cake:

2 cups grated carrots

2 cups granulated sugar

1½ cups corn oil

4 eggs

1 cup chopped nuts

1 t. vanilla

3 cups flour

3 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

½ t. salt

frosting:

1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese

1 cup powdered sugar

For cake, mix carrots and sugar together. Add corn oil. Mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, then add nuts and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Add to carrot mixture. Blend together until all the ingredients are folded in. Pour into a greased tube pan. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour, 10 minutes. Cool. To make frosting, blend cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth. Spread on cake.

Recipe courtesy of Diana Zmuda, Wheatfield, Indiana