Carrot Cake wt Cream Cheese Frosting

I was inspired by Rita Homemade Carrot cake especially made for David.I have no idea whether Elliot like carrot cake so far ,so in the early morning of Father Day's I asked him,would he care for Carrot Cake.He told me he loved Carrot Cake in which I failed to notice for so many years.He never buy cake ,as for me I only buy cake from Chinese bakery in Chinatown.I'm afraid to eat American cake which has tons of sugar inside out!!...I found this Carrot Cake recipe in one of my Baking Book I bought last year.Of course ,I alter some of the ingredients to suit my taste..

Ingredients: Yield 10 person

2 cup flour (bleached)

1 cup sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

1 pound finely grated carrots(about 4 cups)

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground allspice

1 tsp ground cinnamon

For The Frosting:

4 cups confectioners' sugar(sugar powder)

2x8 oz cream cheese at room temperature(2pack)

4 tbsp butter /margarine at room temperature

2 tsp vanilla extract(prefer white color)

1 tsp salt(optional)to reduce sweetness

1 tsp meringue powder(optional)for stabilize

Method:

1:Preheat oven at 375 F.Butter and powder 2 x9 inch pans or 2 square pans

2:In mixing bowl,combine the sugar,oil,eggs and carrot,beat until incorporated

3:Sift the dry ingredients into another bowl and add little by little into the whisking bowl until all the mixture combine.

4:Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes our clean or 35-40 minutes.

5:Let it cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes,then unmold the cakes from the pans onto the wire racks and let it cool completely

6:For the frosting combine everything in the mixing bowl ,beat until smooth.

7:To assemble ,set 1 cake layer on a serving plate and spread with one third frosting.Place the second layer on top.Spread the remaining frosting all over the top and sides of the cake

I cut some bulky top layer away to balance the cakes for easy assembly when spreading the frosting. Note:

I used I cup of sugar instead,to reduce the sweetness coz I'm coating the outer layer with icing.This recipe yield for 2 cake or 10 person.If you think you can't finish the whole cake within a week,use half of this recipe including the frosting.You can top the topping with crush almond,walnut ,cashew nuts or Cinnamon powder.Actually my carrot cake has too much icing .The reason I want to practice my decorating skill.