Features of "A Different Carrot Cake"

Served as dessert. Vegetarian dish.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 1/4 hours
Yields: 1 inch 3 layer

Ingredients for "A Different Carrot Cake"
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2 cups Sugar
3/4 cup Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Salt
3/4 cup Buttermilk
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 cups grated Carrots
1/2 cup crushed Pineapple, drained
1 1/2 cups grated Coconut
1 cup Crispy Rice Cereal
1 cup chopped Walnuts
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package Cream Cheese, softened
6 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine, softened
6 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
4-5 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Orange Extract

Method of cooking "A Different Carrot Cake"

Cream sugar and oil together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Fold in remaining ingredients. Pour equal amounts of batter into 3 well-greased and floured 8 or 9 inch round cake pans. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in pans. Remove from pans and continue to cool on wire racks. Frost with orange cream cheese frosting. Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:-Beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth and spreadable.