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Picket Fence Carrot Cake
3 packages (3 ounces each) ladyfingers

2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained

3 cups grated fresh carrots

1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

Vegetable cooking spray

Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)

Additional chopped walnuts for garnish

Lightly spray 13 x 9-inch pan with vegetable cooking spray. Line bottom of pan with ladyfinger halves, split sides up. Cut 18 additional ladyfinger halves in half. Use to line sides of pan, allowing cut ends to rest on ladyfingers on bottom of pan; set aside. In large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

In separate bowl beat eggs and oil with wire whisk or fork, blending well. Add with drained pineapple to flour mixture, blending with spoon. Stir in carrots and walnuts.

Pour evenly into ladyfinger-lined pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. (Cake will not test done.) Cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Garnish with chopped walnuts. Cut into squares.

Cream Cheese Frosting: In large mixing bowl beat 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter or margarine until blended and fluffy. Add 1 box (1 pound) unsifted confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, beating until smooth and spreading consistency.

24 servings

Specialty Bakers, Inc., 450 South State Road, Marysville, PA 17053