Surpise Carrot Cake

This is my most requested cake and once you make it and taste it, you will know why. It is spectacular!




People always ask "What's the surprise" and I always answer "It doesn't have any carrots" and then I crack up laughing. That really isn't the surprise at all. Traditionally, people make carrot cake frosted with a cream cheese icing, but not me. I make a cream cheese filling, which I bake inside of my carrot cake. It's a nice surprise. Most of the time I frost my finished cake with regular butter cream and sprinkle it with toasted coconut flakes, but sometimes, I just dust each slice with icing sugar. It's also tasty eaten plain. The choice is yours.

Surprise Carrot Cake

Yield 10-12 servings

Cake Batter:

2 Cups of All Purpose Flour

1 3/4 Cups of Sugar

2 teaspoons of Baking Soda

1 teaspoon of Salt

2 teaspoons of Ground Cinnamon

1 Cup of Vegetable Oil

3 Eggs Beaten

1/2 Cup of Raisins (optional)

1/2 Cup of Chopped Pecans or Walnuts (optional)

Filling:

250 gram Pkg. of Cream Cheese softened to room temperature

1/4 Cup of Sugar

1 Egg beaten

Please watch video for procedures and baking instructions. Leave cake in pan for about ten minutes after you take it from the oven, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack. Frost as desired. Enjoy!