Wendy Dale Young (and, yes, she’s the daughter of Alan Young of the “Mr. Ed” show) was a producer on my musical cookin’ show, “Cookin’ With A Right Smart Of Love.” One night after the show, she invited me over to her house for coffee and dessert so we could talk about some stuff about the show. I took one bite of Wendy Dale’s Carrot Cake, and honey, I threw my own recipe away – of course I did! You won’t believe how good this is!
Wendy Dale’s Florida Carrot Cake
Recipe by: Bobbi Jo Lathan
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Traditional
Serves: 6
PREP TIME
5 mins
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
1 hour
INGREDIENTS
Carrot Cake
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking soda
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
11⁄2 cup Vegetable oil
4 Eggs
3 cups Carrots (grated)
1 cup Nuts
1⁄2 cup Raisins
Dash of salt
Icing
1 stick Butter or margarine (softened)
1 package Cream cheese (8-oz. package softened)
1 box Powdered sugar (about 21⁄2 cups)
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
Dash of salt
INSTRUCTIONS
Carrot Cake
In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and dash of salt.
Stir in oil and eggs (add 1 egg at a time).
Add in grated carrots, nuts, and raisins (if you don’t like nuts or raisins you can reduce each by half, depending on taste).
Place in two 9-inch greased and floured cake pans.
Bake at 350° F for about 45 minutes or until done. (If you stick a toothpick into the cake and it comes out clean, it’s done!)
Icing
Combine all ingredients and beat ‘til smooth.
Spread on cooled cake layers and gobble it up! Yum, yum!
Myself, Alan Young, and his daughter Wendy many Christmases ago.