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     Title: MARLA GIBBS' CARROT CAKE
Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Celebrity
     Yield: 1 Recipe

     2 c  Raw sugar
     4    Eggs
 1 1/2 c  Vegetable oil
     2 c  Unbleached flour
     2 ts Cinnamon
     2 ts Baking powder
 1 1/2 ts Salt
     2 c  Carrots; grated
     1 cn Crushed pineapple; drained
          - (16 oz)
     1 c  Pecan; chopped

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     1 pk Cream cheese; softened (8oz)
     1 c  Butter; softened
     1 ts Vanilla
     1 lb Powdered sugar; sifted

      In a mixing bowl, beat raw sugar and eggs thoroughly. Mix in vegetable
 oil.  Stir flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
 Add to egg mixture, beating until just combined. Stir in carrots, pineapple
 and pecan. Spread evenly into 2 greased and waxed paper lined 9 inch round
 cake pans.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until cake pulls
 slightly away from the edge of pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove cake from pan.
 Cool on wire rack.
      In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, butter and
 vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until
 smooth. Spread top of one layer with 1/4 of cheese mixture. Place second
 lay on top and spread with frosting. Formatted by Mary Wilson, BWVB02B.

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