Robert's Famous Carrot Cake
My Brother had won awards for this cake recipe. He has since moved on. I am sharing his recipe in his honor.
Dry Ingredients:
2.5 cups of "All Purpose Flour"
1/4 tsp of Salt
2 tsp of Baking Powder
3 tsp of Cinnamon
1 tsp Nutmeg
Wet Ingredients:
1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
2 cups of Sugar
4 Eggs
1.5 cups of Vegetable Oil
1 cup of Chopped Pecans
2 cups of Shredded Carrots
1 cup of Raisins
Vanilla
1. Combine and sift all Dry Ingredients
2. Whisk eggs, oil and sugar.
3. Add Shredded Carrots and Vanilla or Brandy
4. Cook Raisins in the Vanilla or Brandy
5. Toss in dry ingredients
6. Fold wet ingredients into the dry ingredients
7. Grease and Flour 2 9" cake pans or bundt pans
8. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until center springs back up when you touch the middle of the cake
9. Put icing in between the two cakes and on top of the two cakes.
Enjoy!
John Karnish
Fieldworker
GROW in New Jersey