Recipe - Parsnip Cake With Cinnamon And Walnut Icing

1 cup Plus 2 teaspoons butter
One half cup Vegetable oil
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown sugar
2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 Pinches salt
4 Eggs
3 cup Shredded parsnips
1 cup Ground walnuts
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
8 ounce Cream cheese; softened
1 cup Chopped walnuts
4 cup Powdered sugar
1 cup Simple syrup; (1 cup water,
1 cup
; sugar heated until
; sugar is dissolved)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 (9inch) round cake pans. In
the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle, combine the One half cup of
the butter, oil, sugar and brown sugar.. Cream the mixture until smooth.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt
into a small mixing bowl. Add the egg to the butter/sugar mixture, one at a
time. Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture, One half cup at a time.
Add the parsnips, ground walnuts and vanilla. Mix well. Pour the batter
into the prepared pans and spread evenly. Place in the oven and bake for
about 30 to 40 minutes or until the center sprigs back when touched. Remove
from the oven and cool. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the cream
cheese and remaining One half cup butter. Mix well. Add the walnut pieces and
remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix well. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a
time and mix until the frosting is spreadable. To assemble, slice each cake
in half. Place on half in the center of a serving plate. Brush the top of
the cake with the simple syrup. Spread One half cup of the frosting over the
first layer. Repeat the above process until all of the layers are used. Ice
the entire cake with the remaining frosting. Refrigerate the cake for 30
minutes. Slice the cake and serve.

Yield: 12