carrot cake recipe

So since dad is a little lazy... (or can't figure out how to sign into the blog), the carrot cake recipe gets posted by moi:

Sift together:

2 Cups Flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon

(Sometimes if I'm in a hurry I don't sift them and just add them it doesn't make much difference....)

In a separate bowl, mix 1 and 1/2 cups of vegetable or canola oil with 2 cups of Sugar.
4 Eggs. Add one at a time and beat in.
3 Cups of grated carrots. Add them to wet mixture
1 tsp vanilla (add just a touch more)
1 Cup chopped walnuts

Mix together and spread in a 13 x 9 inch baking pan that is greased and has a lining of wax paper on the bottom (sides are okay too if the wax paper is up on the sides too).

Bake at 300 degrees for about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Check at 1 hour. Cake is done when fork comes out clean.

Remove cake and allow it to cool on a rack.

Icing:

2.67 to 3 oz of cream cheese (the 2.67 is just messin' wit ya!)
1 and 1/2 sticks of margarine
1 package of confectioner's sugar
1 tsp of vanilla
1 grated lemon rind
1 TBSP of lemon juice

You can add more vanilla and less lemon juice depending upon how "lemony" you want the icing. With electric beaters, beat the margarine and cream cheese adding the vanilla, lemon juice and sugar and rind. Let it sit for at least an hour before icing. The longer the icing sits, the more lemony it gets.....