May 2, 2010
- Favorite Recipe!
Dear Mrs. Figgins:
My grandmother recently passed away. My Mom and I were going thru her papers last week and came across her old recipe box.
A family favorite was Grandma’s Carrot Cake.
I’d like to share my grandmother’s recipe with your readers.
By the way, we think you should start a recipe section and ask your readers to share their favorites!
Olga & Julia, Tampa Florida
Dear Olga & Julia:
The récipe sounds absolutely delicious.
I know several people that will want to try it out right away, beginning with me!
As for your suggestion of a recipe section: I am inviting everyone to share their favorite recipes from family & friends! And, yours will be the first entry.
Mrs. Figgins
Simply Wonderful!
Julia & Olga’s Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 ¼ tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups corn oil
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups shelled walnuts, chopped
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
1 1/2 cups pureed cooked carrots
3/4 cup drained crushed pineapple
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting top
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease two 9-inch springform pans.
Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon into a bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in walnuts, coconut, carrots and pineapple.
Divide batter between prepared pans and smooth tops with a rubber spatula.
Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake until edges have pulled away from sides and a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
Cool 15 minutes, then remove sides of pans and place layers still on pan bottoms on cake racks to cool completely, which usually takes about 2-3 hours.
Gently remove layers from pan bottoms and use Cream Cheese Frosting to fill cake and frost the sides. Dust top of cake with confectioners’ sugar.
Serves 10 good eaters!
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
2 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
In a mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter
Slowly add confectioner’s sugar and continue to beat until fully incorporated.
Make sure that mixture is free of lumps!
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