Carrot Cake

Grandma Colton’s Carrot Cake

3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 ½ tsp soda

1 ½ tsp cinnamon

1 ½ cup salad oil

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

3 large eggs, beaten

2 cups grated raw carrot

1 cup crushed pineapple

½ cup flake cocoanut

2 TB grated orange rind

1 ½ cups chopped nuts.

Sift dry ingredients together.  Add oil, eggs, carrots pineapple and vanilla.  Blend well, and add nuts, cocoanut, and orange rind.  Bake in greased and lightly floured pan at 350 for 1 hour or until done.  This makes a very large dripper cake or two smaller ones

Icing:

1 pkg powdered sugar

1 cube soft butter

1 8 oz cream cheese, softened

1 tsp vanilla

chopped nuts

Blend together until fluffy.  Ice cake generously.