All Time Best Carrot Cake

Ingredients

1/2 c cocoa
2 c flour
2 c sugar
2 ts baking soda
4 eggs
1 ts vanilla
1 1/2 c vegetable oil
2 c carrots
1 c undrained pineapple
8 oz cream cheese
1 butter
1 powdered sugar
1/2 c coconut
1 c nuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Combine cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, vanilla, and oil. Add egg mixture to cocoa mixture and mix well. Stir in carrots and pineapple and Pour into three 9 inch round greased cake pans. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake. Icing: combine cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar and beat well. Fold in coconut and nuts. Spread on carrot cake and refrigerate until ready to serve. THE DESSERT SHOW SHOW#DS3040 ----