Diane's Carrot Cake And Cream Cheese/ Rum Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, soft
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon rum
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, grated
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter (or shortening)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups carrots, grated
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup raisins, floured (optional)

Recipe

• 1 to make the cake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 in a sifter place together the flour, baking soda, salt and spices.
• 3 in a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 4 add 2 unbeaten eggs to the creamed butter and sugar and mix.
• 5 add the orange peel and carrots to the cream mix.
• 6 now sift the ingredients in the sifter into the cream mix and fold it inches.
• 7 mix in nuts and raisins if desired.
• 8 if you need to add some liquid to the mixture, use some water or milk, about 1/4 cup.
• 9 grease a 9" loaf pan and place waxed paper on the bottom and bake for 40 minutes uncovered and another 30 minutes with foil on top.
• 10 test doneness with toothpick to see if it comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake. it may need more time.
• 11 while the cake is baking, make the icing by blending all the icing ingredients in a bowl.
• 12 ice the cake after it cools on a wire rack.