Orange Carrot Cake ~

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Title: ORANGE CARROT CAKE ~
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 12 Servings

1 c Butter or Marg., softened
2 c Sugar
1 ts Cinnamon

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1/2 ts Nutmeg
1 tb Grated Orange Peel
4 Eggs
1 1/2 c Carrots, grated
3 c Flour, sifted
3 ts Baking Powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Orange Juice
Orange Slices for Garnish

--------------------------------ORANGE GLAZE--------------------------------
1 1/2 c Sifted Confectioners' Sugar
1 tb Butter or Marg., softened
1/2 ts Grated Orange Peel
3 tb Orange Juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with
electric mixer. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and orange peel. Beat-in eggs, one at
a time. Add carrots and nuts. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt;
add alternately with the orange juice. Turn into greased and floured
10-inch tube pan. Bake 60 to 65 minutes, then turn out of pan and cool
completely on a wire rack.

In a small bowl, beat sugar with butter, orange peel, and enough orange
juice to make a slightly-runny orange glaze. Cover top of cake with the
glaze and decorate with orange slices.

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