Carrot Cake (Christmas Special)

• Carrot Cake (Christmas Special)
  
• Ingredients 
• 4 eggs 
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  Vegetable oil - 1 ¼ Cups
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  White sugar - 2 Cups
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  Vanilla extract - 2Tsp
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  All purpose flour - 2 Cups
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  Baking soda - 2 Tsp
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  Baking powder -2Tsp
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  Salt - ½ Tsp
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  Ground cinnamon - ½ Tsp

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  Grated carrots - 3 Cups
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  Chopped pecans  1 Cup
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• Butter - ½ Cup
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  Cream cheese - 8 Ounces
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  Sugar confectioners - 4 Cups
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  Vanilla extract - 1 Tsp
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Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.  Frost the cooled cake.