Reduced Sugar Old Fashioned Carrot Cake

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350*.

2. 2

   Grease 2 9inch round pans.

3. 3

   Mix the cake ingredients in order, folding in the carrots and the walnuts.

4. 4

   Pour 1/2 the batter in one pan and the rest in the other pan.

5. 5

   Bake for 35 minutes at 350* or until poked with a toothpick in the deepest part it comes out clean.

6. 6

   Set them aside for 1-2 hours to let them cool completely.

7. 7

   To make the icing, cream together the butter and cream cheese.

8. 8

   Add in the vanilla and sugar, folding in the walnuts.

9. 9

   Release the cakes from the pans then top one with a portion of the icing and set the other on top of it. Continue icing the cakes and garnish with extra walnuts or shaved carrot. Garnish with cinnamon if preferred.

10. 10

    Serve cold or at room temperature.