~ Orange carrot cake ~ Recipe ~

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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
 
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   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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