CAKE
2 c All-purpose flour 2 c Sugar
2 ts Baking soda 2 ts Vanilla extract
2 ts Cinnamon 1 cn 8oz crushed pineapple,
1/2 ts Salt – drained
3 Eggs 2 c Grated carrots
3/4 c Vegetable oil 1 c Walnuts, chopped
3/4 c Buttermilk
-BUTTERMILK GLAZE-
1 c Sugar 1/4 lb Butter
1/2 ts Baking soda 1 tb Corn syrup
1/2 c Buttermilk 1 ts Vanilla extract
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1/4 lb Butter, softened 2 c Powdered sugar
8 oz Cream cheese, softened 1 ts Orange juice
1 ts Vanilla extract 1 ts Grated orange peel
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease two 9″ cake pans; set
aside. Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt together; set
aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add oil, buttermilk, sugar and
vanilla; mix well. Add flour mixture, pineapple, carrots and walnuts;
stir well. Pour into cake pans, bake for 55 minutes or until wooden
tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean. While cake is baking,
prepare Buttermilk Glaze. Remove cake from oven and slowly pour glaze
over hot cake. Cool cake in pan until glaze is totally absorbed,
about 15 minutes. Turn out of pans, and cool completely. Prepare
Cream Cheese Frosting; frost top of one layer first, then set the
other layer on top of that, frost sides and top. Refrigerate until
frosting is set.
BUTTERMILK GLAZE:
In a small saucepan, combine sugar, baking soda, buttermilk, butter
and corn syrup. Bring to a boil. Cook 5 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
Cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add vanilla, powdered
sugar, orange juice and grated peel. Mix until smooth.
Yields
1 cake
