50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings --$10,000 Triple Layer Carrot Cake

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$10,000 Triple Layer Carrot Cake

From the Kitchen of:
Source: Aunt Sadie's Scrapbook

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 3 8" layer cake pans.
With mixer on high speed, cream eggs, sugar and oil until creamy and thick,3-5 minutes.
Sift together flour (which has been sifted once, remember!) cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and soda. Slowly add 1/3 of of dry to egg mixture; beat well.
Repeat with remaining dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. Batter will be stiff.
One at a time, fold in coconut, carrots, pineapple, walnuts and raisins. Divide batter among prepared pans.
Bake for 40-45 minutes until tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans 5 minutes before turning out onto racks to cool completely.

FOR FROSTING: cream butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla and cinnamon.
Slowly add confectioners sugar and beat until smooth and spreadable. Frost cooled cake.