Excellent Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 1/4 cups coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup solid margarine, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine first 5 ingredients; beat well.
• 2 mix flour, soda, salt and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture; stir well.
• 3 add carrots, walnuts, pineapple and coconut; stir well.
• 4 pour batter into greased and floured 13x9 baking pan.
• 5 bake at 350° for 55 minutes, or until pick comes out clean.
• 6 buttermilk glaze: combine first 5 ingredients in large saucepan.
• 7 bring to a boil; cook 4 minutes on medium heat.
• 8 remove from heat; add vanilla.
• 9 pour buttermilk glaze over warm cake; let cake cool.
• 10 cream cheese frosting: mix cream cheese and butter; beat until smooth.
• 11 gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 12 stir in vanilla.
• 13 spread cream cheese frosting on top of cooled cake.