Delicious Carrot Cake Using Re-Hydrated Grated Carrots!

Ingredients for Delicious Carrot Cake

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups plain flour
• 3 cups re-hydrated well-drained finely grated carrots (about 1-1/2 cups of dehydrated finely-grated carrots)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
  

Frosting:

• 2 8-oz blocks of cream cheese
• 2 16-oz. boxes 10x confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Here's How to Make This Delicious Carrot Cake:

NOTE: First, set out the cream cheese to let it come to room temperature, chop the nuts, and re-hydrate the carrots.

1. Mix well the first three ingredients: sugar, oil, and eggs.
2. Add in the next four ingredients: cinnamon, baking soda, salt, flour.
3. Stir in by hand the next two ingredients: carrots and walnuts.
4. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes, in a 9"x 12" baking dish/pan.
5. Mix the frosting ingredients together: cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, vanilla.
6. Frost the cake with half the frosting while it is still warm (let it seep into the cake!)—Frost with remaining frosting when cake has cooled completely—and promptly refrigerate ...

and ... let's see how long this cake hangs around your home!

I made this cake for my mom's birthday and usually my dad turns up his nose at store-bought cakes with their frosting—it's especially the frosting that he doesn't like—so imagine my surprise when he had a slice of THIS cake and said the frosting was delicious!

And he had more than one slice too! Thanks dad!

And mom says, "Thanks for the cake!"

NOTE:

Credit for this recipe goes to Debby Wilson, who kindly shared this fantastic recipe with us! Debby used to work with my husband and she happily shared her recipe with him. Boy, are we glad she did! (Saw her the other day in Walmart!)

PLEASE NOTE: This cake is huge! You might halve all the ingredients (for half the cake!) so you're not tempted to pig out ...

Don't forget to check out how to make your own dehydrated carrots. Just click the link. Also, you might be fascinated to see what re-hydrated carrots look like! Take a look at our 'before' and 'after' carrot pics!