The Prospect's Carrot Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups oil
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 lb carrot, peeled and grated
• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped and toasted
• 1 cup dark raisin (optional)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecans, chopped toasted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 ounces coconut, shredded
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temp
• 1 cup butter, room temp
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine oil and sugar in a bowl: beat well. sift together dry ingredients.
• 2 sift half the dry ingredients into sugar mixture; blend well.
• 3 sift in remaining dry ingredients, alternation with eggs; mix
• 4 well, after each addition.
• 5 stir in carrots, pecans and raisins.
• 6 pour into lightly oiled 10-inch tube pan.
• 7 bake in preheated 325 degree
• 8 oven about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• 9 cool upright in pan.
• 10 to make filling.
• 11 combine sugar and flour in small heavy saucepan.
• 12 gradually stir in cream.
• 13 add butter and salt.
• 14 cook over very low heat, stirring frequently, until mixture come to just a simmer.
• 15 (this may take 30 minutes.) let simmer 2-3 minutes.
• 16 remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
• 17 stir in nuts and vanilla.
• 18 cool completely, ideally overnight (i just make sure it is cold-put in fridge for a while).
• 19 to make frosting, toast coconut at 300 degrees for 10-15 minutes or
• 20 until lightly browned.
• 21 cool.
• 22 combine cream cheese and butter in food processor or mixer.
• 23 add confectionerâ??s sugar and vanilla and mix until perfectly smooth.
• 24 refrigerate if too soft to spread immediately.
• 25 to assemble, split cooled cake into 3 layers.
• 26 spread pecan filling between layers. reassemble on cake plate and frost top and sides with frosting.
• 27 pat toasted coconut onto sides of cake.