Surprise Carrot Cake

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Surprise Carrot Cake Ingredients

8 ounces Cream cheese softened	1 teaspoon Salt
1/4 cup Sugar	1 cup Oil
1 large Egg beaten	3 large Eggs beaten
2 cups All purpose flour sifted	3 cups Carrot shredded
1 3/4 cups Sugar	1/2 cup Walnuts chopped
2 teaspoons Baking soda sifted	Confectioners Sugar for dusting
2 teaspoons Cinnamon

Instructions for Surprise Carrot Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.

Combine the cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar and one beaten egg in a small mixing bowl. Mix using a hand mixer until well blended. Set mixture aside. This is the "surprise" batter.

For the cake, combine the 1 cups sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in the mixing bowl of an electric mixer. In a small bowl combine the oil and the 3 beaten eggs. Add this to the dry ingredients and mix well until just moistened. Fold in the carrots and the nuts. Reserve four cups of this cake batter. Pour the rest of the cake batter into the prepared Bundt pan.

Pour the "surprise" batter over the cake batter (in the Bundt pan). Level off using a rubber scraper. Pour the rest of the cake batter over the "surprise" batter. Be sure to spread the cake batter well to cover the "surprise". Level off using a rubber scraper.

Bake the cake at 350 degreees F for 55 minutes or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Loosen cake and invert onto a serving plate. Cool completely,

Sift confectioners sugar on top before serving.

When you slice the cake you see the surprise...the icing in the middle of the cake.

Main Ingredient: CarrotsCuisine: American

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