• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
3. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and vanilla.
4. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
5. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans.
6. Pour into greased pan.
7. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

To Make Frosting:

9. In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and vanilla.
10. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
11. Stir in chopped pecans.
12. Frost the cooled cake.

Cake:

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 large can mandarin oranges, undrained

Frosting:

• 1 8 oz Cool Whip
• 1 can crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 box instant vanilla pudding (dry)

1. Mix all ingredients together and beat until well mixed.
2. Bake per directions on cake box.
3. Beat together all frosting ingredients.
4. Once cake is cool, frost cake and refrigerate

• 1 family size frozen pound cake
• 1 large & 1 small strawberry Jello
• 3 cups water - 2 hot and 1 cold

• frozen strawberries with juice
• 3 or 4 small cans vanilla pudding
• 8 oz cool whip
• 1 can crushed pineapple, drained

1. Cut pound cake into bite size pieces.
2. Layer in serving bowl.
3. Mix Jello with hot water and stir until dissolved.
4. Add cold water and continue to stir.
5. Add thawed strawberries with juice and pour over pound cake.
6. Pour canned vanilla pudding on Jello.
7. Mix 8 oz cool whip with drained, crushed pineapple and add to top.
8. Refrigerate.

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk

• 1 cup flour
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

1. In a medium bowl, mix together the brown sugar and butter until smooth
2. Stir in vanilla and milk
3. Mix in flour, salt, and chocolate chips until combined.
4. Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.