Recipe - Buttermilk Carrot Cake

2 cup Allpurpose flour
2 cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
4 md Carrots; shredded (2 cups)
One fourth cup Buttermilk or sour milk
One fourth cup Cooking oil
1 cn (8 One fourth oz.) crushed
pineapple, drained
1 cup Chopped walnuts
3 Eggs
One half cup Coconut
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Buttermilk Glaze
Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting

Grease and lightly flour two 9x 1 One half inch round baking pans (or one 13x9x2
inch baking pan); set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar,
baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add shredded carrot,
buttermilk or sour milk, cooking oil, pineapple, nuts, eggs, coconut, and
vanilla. Stir till combined. Spread batter in prepared pans.

Bake in a 350 oven for 4045 minutes or till cakes spring back when touched
lightly. Pour buttermilk glaze evenly over tops of cakes. Cool cakes in
pans on wire racks for 15 minutes. Remove layer cakes from pans and place
on wire racks (do not remove cake from 13x9 inch pan). Cool completely.
Frost with nutty cream cheese frosting. Store in refrigerator.

Buttermilk Glaze: Combine One half cup sugar, One fourth cup buttermilk or sour milk,
One fourth cup margarine or butter and 2 teaspoons light corn syrup. Bring to
boiling; reduce heat. Cook and stir for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and
stir in One half teaspoon vanilla.

Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting: In a large mixing bowl beat two 3ounce
packages cream cheese, One half cup softened margarine or butter, and 2
teaspoons vanilla with an electric mixer on medium to high speed till light
and fluffy. Gradually add 4 One half to 4 Three fourths cups sifted powdered sugar,
beating to spreading consistency. Stir in One half cup chopped walnuts. Makes
about 2 cups.

Recipe by: Better Homes & Gardens Farmer's Market Cookbook

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #840 by L979@aol.com on Oct 12, 1997