(by Grace Rosenblum - friend)
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 3/4 cups white sugar
1 cup canola oil
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut
1 cup Dole crushed pineapple (drained)
1 cup chopped walnuts
Frosting: 2 cups Domino's powdered sugar; 1 - 3oz. Philadelphia
cream cheese (softened); 1 stick butter (softened); 1 tsp. vanilla; 2
tsp. milk (if needed)
Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and
nutmeg into a bowl--set aside. In a mixer add canola oil, white sugar
and eggs--beat. Add vanilla--beat. Add shredded carrots, coconut and
walnuts--beat. Add flour mixture slowly--beat until smooth. Remove
bowl from mixer--add drained crushed pineapple and stir with a
spoon. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350
degrees for 40-45 minutes. Cool completely. Frosting: in a mixer add
butter and cream cheese--beat. Add 1 tsp. vanilla--beat. Add
powdered sugar slowly--beat until creamy. If too thick, add the 2 tsp.
milk--beat. Frost the cake, then refrigerate.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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