Carrot Cake

For a while I wondered, how can a vegetable like carrot be used in a cake? But after making this once, I became a die hard fan. It is a sweet way to get your little ones to eat carrots under the mask of a dessert.

Ingredients :
Grated carrot - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Oil - 1 1/3 cup
Cinnamon Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Eggs - 3
Chopped walnuts and raisins - 1/2 cup each
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Icing :
Cream Cheese, softened - 1/4 cup
Melted butter - 1 tbsp
Milk - 2 Tbsps
Vanilla - 1/2 tsp

Procedure :
1) Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
2) Sift all the dry ingredients together
3) Add grated carrots, and beat 1 egg at a time into this mixture.
4) Mix well with an electric blender on medium for 3 minutes.
5) Add the walnut pieces and raisins and mix well again.
6) Pour this mixture into a greased cake pan and bake for about 35-40 minutes till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Icing procedure:
1) Mix together cream cheese and butter
2) Stir in the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla. Once the cake is cooled, drizzle this mixture over the top.