Easter Egg Carrot Cake
{adapted from The Cake Doctor, by Anne Byrn}
1 box Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Cake Mix
1 (3.4 oz.) Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
2/3 cup Orange Juice
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
2 medium Carrots, shredded
1/2 cup Golden Raisins
Mix all of your ingredients, except for the raisins and carrots,
together in your mixing bowl.Mix for 1 minute, then scrape
bowl. Mix for 2 minutes more.
Add raisins and shredded carrots. Mix in with spatula.
Pour batter into greased and floured egg shaped pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Take a toothpick around the edges on the cake, and then
let cool for 15 minutes. Remove cakes from pan.
Cream Cheese Frosting
8 ounces softened Cream Cheese
1 stick softened butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 pounds Confectioners Sugar
Cream together the Cream Cheese, butter, and vanilla.
Add sugar and beat until well blended.
Use a Wilton tip # 21 to cover the egg cake in little stars.
Cover the entire cake with the stars.
Make some orange frosting with Wilton Orange.
Using a Wilton tip #5 squiggle a small carrot on the top of the cake.
Tint a small amount of frosting Americolor Forest Green.
Using a Wilton tip #2, frost some green on to the top of your carrot.
Now you have an individual dessert for each person
for your holiday dinner.
Happy Easter!!