Lucy's Awesome Carrot Cake

  I never met Lucy. She befriended my girlfriend in another life and she wrote down her carrot cake recipe for her to try. Lucy is no longer with us but she is immortalized through her recipe. This is a perfect excuse to use up some those miniature carrots I grew in the bucket garden too. :-)

Lucy's Carrot Cake (1 loaf pan or 1/2 small cake pan)

1 c sugar (the poor dear forgot to write this down ;-)

1 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

2/3 c veg. oil

2 tsp grated orange zest

1 tsp vanilla

1 c carrots, finely chopped

3/4 c golden raisins

1/2 c walnuts, chopped

  Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Mix all ingredients together. Bake for 40 minutes in a loaf pan. Double the recipe for a medium to large sized cake pan.

Cream Cheese Frosting (makes about 1 1/2 c)

1/2 stick butter, melted

3 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 c 10x sugar

1 tsp grated orange zest

  Mix ingredients well. Frost cake when cooled. Enjoy!

TTFN

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