Cream:

• 2 sticks butter or oleo (I use butter)
• 1-1/2 cups sugar

Mix:

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla

Add to cream mixture:

• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla

1. Add the two eggs to creamed butter and sugar then add vanilla.
2. Slowly add flour mixture. It will be stiff but mix until all is moistened.
3. Drop by tsp. on parchment paper or greased cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 375 degrees until light brown, about 12-15 mins.

Source: Doris Cooper

Cake:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 ¼ cup oil
• 4 sm eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla

Beat eggs & vanilla.  Mix in sugar & oil.

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp real salt or 1 tsp imitation salt
• 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp soda

Mix dry ingredients together then add to wet mixture. Fold in carrots.

• 3 cups grated carrots.

Divide batter evenly into 3 round cake pans.  Either well greased pans or cut wax paper and line bottom. Bake at 350 for 25 -35 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 – 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 stick butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

Let cream cheese & butter soften to room temperature.  Mix together cream cheese, butter & vanilla.  

• 1 box powder sugar (16 oz.)
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Add powdered sugar to wet mixture.  Fold in pecans last.  Ice all layers of cake.

Source: Doris Cooper