My best friend, Clara (who just got engaged to my cousin...YAY!), shared this recipe with me and I thought it was absolutely genius! The secret is....BABY FOOD! Gone are the days of orange fingers! No more slicing yourself on a grater! This cake is so moist and delicious and tasted like I spent all day making it! No one will ever know it was this easy to make!
Ingredients
CAKE
-2 cups self-rising flour
-2 cups sugar
-2 teaspoons cinnamon
-2 (4 oz) jars carrot baby food
-4 eggs
-1 and 1/2 cups vegetable oil
FROSTING
-1/2 cup softened butter
-1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
-1 (16 oz) box confectioners sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 325 and grease cake pans (3 pans--8 or 9 in)
2) Mix all the ingredients together with a hand-held mixer for about 2 minutes or until everything is well-blended
3) Pour batter into pans and bake for 25-30 minutes
4) Allow to cool for 5 minutes then invert pans onto wax paper
FOR FROSTING
1) Mix all the ingredients together with a hand-held mixer until smooth
2) Frost the layers, top, and sides of cake. Assemble.
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