Banana-Carrot Sheet Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

BANANA-CARROT SHEET CAKE

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
1/4 cup toasted coconut
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon mace
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter -- softened
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
3/4 cup milk
Banana Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe
follows) or Confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking
pan. In a bowl mix
together the pecans, carrots, bananas, and coconut. Sift together the flour,
baking soda,
cinnamon, salt, cloves, and mace. Set aside. In a large bowl beat the brown
sugar and butter
until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla
to the milk. Beat the
milk mixture into the sugar mixture, 1/3 at a time, alternating with dry
ingredients, beginning and
ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in the carrot/banana mixture until
just incorporated. Pour
into the prepared pan and bake in the middle of the oven 30 to 35 minutes,
or until a toothpick
inserted into center comes out clean. Cool the cake completely, and then
frost with cream
cheese frosting or dust with sugar. Cut into 24 squares. The cake, frosted
or not, freezes
wrapped in plastic wrap.
Yield: 1 cake


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