|  | Helen's Carrot Cake
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 Title: HELEN'S CARROT CAKE
 Categories: Cakes, Usenet
 Yield: 12 servings
 
 4    Eggs, separated
 1 1/2 c  Sugar
 1 c  Carrots, grated
 1 c  Walnuts, finely grated
 1 1/2 c  Flour
 1 t  Baking powder
 1/4 t  Nutmeg
 1/2 t  Cinnamon
 1 t  Vanilla extract
 1 pn Salt
 1 c  Oil
 2 1/2 t  Water, hot
 1/2 t  Baking soda
 
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 8 oz Cream cheese
 1/2 c  Sugar
 1/2 c  Jam (strawberry,
 -apricot or raspberry)
 
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 1 c  Whipping cream
 2 T  Sugar
 
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Cream together egg yolks and about 1 cup of
 the sugar until the yolk color lightens.  Stir in carrots, nuts, flour,
 baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and oil. Mix together hot
 water and soda and stir into flour mixture.
 
 Beat egg whites until foamy.  Gradually add remaining sugar.  Beat until
 stiff and glossy. Fold egg white mixture into flour mixture.
 
 Turn mixture into a greased pan, 13 x 9-inch, lined with greased wax paper
 and bake for 45 minutes or until done. Cool. Slice in half horizontally, to
 form two layers.
 
 Make the cream cheese filling:  soften the cream cheese and beat in the
 sugar, mixing gradually, until the filling is smooth and fluffy. A food
 processor works well for this.
 
 Cover bottom layer with cream cheese filling, then cover cream cheese layer
 with jam.  Place the top layer of the cake carefully on top of the jam.
 
 Make the frosting:  beat the whipping cream until slightly stiff, then add
 the sugar and beat the mixture to stiff peaks. Frost the entire cake with
 whipped cream.
 
 NOTES:
 
 *  Carrot cake with cream cheese filling -- I got this recipe originally
 from _The Oregonian_ in Portland, Oregon.
 
 : Difficulty:  easy to moderate.
 : Time:  30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and cooling, 10 minutes
 frosting.
 : Precision:  measure the ingredients.
 
 : Gary L.  Scott
 : Tektronix, Inc, Beaverton Oregon, USA
 : garys@tekcbi.UUCP
 
 : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
 
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