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Title: Chances R Restaurant Pecan Carrot Cake
Yield: 1

Ingredients

      2 c  sugar
  1 1/4 c  cooking oil
      4    eggs
      2 ts vanilla
      3 c  all purpose flour
      2 ts baking soda
      2 ts ground cinnamon
      1 ts baking powder
    1/2 ts salt
      2 c  carrots; finely shredded
  1 1/2 c  coconut
      1 c  crushed pineapple; drained
    3/4 c  pecans; chopped
 
  ----------------------CREAM CHEESE FROSTING---------------------------
      8 oz cream cheese; softened
    1/2 c  butter or margarine
      1 ts vanilla
      1 lb powdered sugar; sifted
      1    milk; as needed
 
  ----------------------------GARNISH-----------------------------------
      1 c  toasted coconut

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, beat together the sugar, cooking oil, eggs and vanilla
till
the mixture is fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon,
baking
powder and salt. Add to mixing bowl, beating till smooth. Stir in the
carrots,
1 1/2 cups coconut, pineapple and pecans. Turn into 2 greased and floured
9x1
1/2-inch cake pans or 10x1 1/2-inch cake pans. Bake in a 350o oven for 35
to
45 minutes or till done. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans
and
cool on wire racks. Prepare Cream Cheese Frosting. Fill and frost the cake
with Cream Cheese Frosting. Press coconut over the outside of the cake.
Store
in the refrigerator. Makes 12 to 16 servings. CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: In a
mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter or margarine,vanilla till creamed.
Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Adding milk, if needed, to make a
spreadable
frosting. Use to frost one 2-layer cake or top of a 13x9x2-inch cake.

Note: At Chances R Restaurant, orange carrots with green stems decorate
this
impressive cake.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 9323 Calories (kcal); 594g Total Fat; (55% calories from fat);
58g Protein; 1003g Carbohydrate; 1245mg Cholesterol; 6055mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 6 Lean Meat; 5 Vegetable; 6 Fruit; 115
Fat; 57 1/2 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Midwest Living Magazine

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

Reviews

I get many raves when I make this cake. I have used it for about 6 years. Yumm!

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