This weekend was one of the nicest weekends I have enjoyed with family in such a long time!!!! I had an 80th birthday for my grandpa and all of the family came over to celebrate. I absolutely love hosting birthday parties ( or anything for that matter!) and I got a little theme happy and customized special details like napkins that said "happy birthday pawpaw" in teal and silver, matching balloons, and special customized cookies from Lily's that went along with the theme. It was absolutely beautiful...however the one thing he insisted upon was his homemade carrot cake. I obliged to this request of course and created the perfect carrot cake!!! This is my own recipe so I hope you enjoy it!!!!
shopping list:
One box carrot cake mix
one box raisins
grated carrot ( about 1/2 cup)
one box vanilla pudding
one box cheesecake pudding
1/2 cup veggie oil
4 eggs
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 stick butter softened
one package of creme cheese softened
almost two cups of powdered sugar
Mexican vanilla.
Procedure
In a mixing bowl combine cake mix, water, oil, eggs, and puddings...beat until smooth. Add in about 1/2 cup of raisins and fold in. Pour batter into a greased bundt cake pan and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Then in a separate bowl add the butter, creme cheese and mix on high until creamed and smooth...slowly add in the powdered sugar little by little to thicken and form a nice paste..add the vanilla during this portion of the process too. Once cake is cooled invert onto a cake plate and frost with the frosting...garnish with the grated carrot. AMAZING!
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