Welcome to my recipe blog! I started it when my brother, Mark, moved away and was in need of some recipes....or so I thought.... The goal is to post recipes that can be made quickly, easily, and inexpensively. If you have something to contribute, please let me know and I will be glad to add it!!

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Carrot Cake

I made this for Ben and Tiffany's one year anniversary. I think it turned out pretty good, especially considering I've never made carrot cake before. It was pretty simple, though. So here you have it:

Carrot Cake
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots (that's about one small bag of baby carrots, minus a few here and there that I ate. Also, I chopped them up in the food chopper instead of grating them)
1 cup chopped pecans


Icing:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

1/2 gal. whole milk
1 cup sugar
2-3 eggs, beaten
vanilla
1 pt. whipping cream

Combine milk an sugar. Bring to a boil and slowly add the eggs (slowly so they don't cook and leave clumps of egg in the custard). Add vanilla and whipping cream.
Follow the directions with the ice cream maker for freezing. Yummy!!!
Fresh fruit or other flavorings can be added before freezing.