Lannette's Best Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs, well beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups salad oil
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease a 9x13 pan.
• 2 sift together first 6 ingredients (all dry ingredients)
• 3 add beaten eggs, vanilla and salad oil; beat till well blended.
• 4 stir in the drained crushed pineapple, carrots and nuts
• 5 pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted toward middle of the cake comes out almost clean.
• 6 frost cooled cake with cream cheese frosting: 1- 8 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened, 1/2 cup (1 cube) real butter, and about 1 to 1-1/2 cups of powdered sugar, or to taste. i like my cream cheese frosting just lightly sweetened!
• 7 chill until frosting is set. serve chilled.