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Helen's Carrot Cake

Helen's Carrot Cake is a cakes recipe made with Sugar, Carrots Grated, Flour, Oil, and Cream Cheese. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 cup
• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 cup
• 8 oz
• 1/2 cup
• 1 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together egg yolks and about 1 cup of the sugar until the yolk color lightens.

2. 2

   Stir in carrots, nuts, flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and oil.

3. 3

   Mix together hot water and soda and stir into flour mixture.

4. 4

   Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add remaining sugar. Beat until stiff and glossy. Fold egg white mixture into flour mixture.

5. 5

   Turn mixture into a greased pan, 13 x 9-inch, lined with greased wax paper and bake for 45 minutes or until done.

6. 6

   Cool.

7. 7

   Slice in half horizontally, to form two layers.

8. 8

   Cover bottom layer with cream cheese filling, then cover cream cheese layer with jam.

9. 9

   Place the top layer of the cake carefully on top of the jam.

10. 10

    Make the frosting: beat the whipping cream until slightly stiff, then add the sugar and beat the mixture to stiff peaks.

11. 11

    Frost the entire cake with whipped cream.