Ingredients:
3 cups flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups salad oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups packed shredded carrots
2 cups chopped walnuts ( 8 oz)
1 cup applesauce
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325; grease and flour bundt or tube pan.
In lg bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
In sm bowl, beat eggs slightly; stir in oil and vanilla.
Add oil/egg mixture to dry ingredients along w/ carrots, nuts, and applesauce just until moistened.
Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire rack to finish cooling.
Optional Icing: Mix 1 1/4 c 10x sugar and 5T water together until smooth and spoon over cake.
Note: These make excellent muffins too; just bake in prepared muffin cups til done (appx 20 mins depending on size).
Servings: 16
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 90 min.