CARROT CAKE
3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 lb carrots
1 cup butter or regular margarine, softened
1 cup light-brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1 cup seedless raisins
CREAM-CHEESE GLAZE
1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Lightly grease and flour a 10-by-4-inch tube pan. Sift flour with baking powder, soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Wash and pare carrots; grate on medium grater, or use coarse blade of food processor. Should measure 4 cups. Preheat oven to 350F.
In large bowl of mixer, at high speed, beat butter and brown and granulated sugars, occasionally scraping side of bowl with rubber scraper, until light and fluffy - about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition until smooth and light.
In measuring cup, combine lemon and orange peels and juices. At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with lemon-orange mixture (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until smooth - about 1 minute.
With wooden spoon, stir in grated carrot, nuts and raisins; mix well. Turn into the prepared tube pan; spread evenly. Bake 60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes, to cool slightly.
Meanwhile, make cream-cheese glaze: In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon peel and confectioners' sugar. With portable electric mixer at medium speed, beat mixture until smooth. Set aside. Gently loosen edge of cake with a spatula. Turn out of pan onto rack. Spread glaze over top of the warm cake, letting it run down side of cake. Carefully remove cake to cake platter. Sprinkle chopped walnuts around top edge of cake. Serves 12. (Keeps well stored in a tightly covered cake tin.)
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