14 Karat Cake

Diane Leipper

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 & 1/2 teaspoon soda
1 & 1/2 cups oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups grated carrots (washed but not peeled)
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 8 1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder 1
/2 cup or more chopped walnuts

Beat sugar, oil eggs and vanilla together until light. Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and soda. Slowly add to the above mixture till blended. Mix together the grated carrots, pineapple and chopped walnuts, and fold into batter. Bake in 3 9 inch layer pans or 2 7 X 11 inch pans for 40 to 50 minutes at 350 degrees. You can also add raisins (soak in warm water first, drain well and dry with paper towel)

Frosting for 14 Karat Cake

1 lb. powdered sugar
1 cup soft butter or margarine
One 8 oz. pkg cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts.

Source: The Chloride Recipe Book

Grampa Harrison lived in Chloride for a while, an almost ghost town in the foothills off of the highway between Las Vegas and Kingman, AZ. This cookbook was compiled by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Chloride Volunteer Fire Dept. It has some excellent culinary information as well as great recipes. - DLL



Carrot Cake

Isabelle Stitt

Beat:

Mix in:

Mix in:

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

3 teaspoons cinnamon

2 cups grated carrots

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

3 eggs

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 6 oz can crushed pineapple

1/4 cup coconut

1 cup oil

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup raisins




Grease: 1 13 X 9 pan or 2 8 X 8 pans or 1 Bundt pan (bake 60 minutes)

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 - 60 minutes




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