Auntie Berta's Amazing Carrot Cake

This special handwritten recipe was sent to us from Auntie Berta in Surfside Beach, SC! She is an amazing cook and made us the most delicious meals and the most delicious carrot cake we ever tasted! We were lucky enough to spend a week at her beautiful house just a few blocks from the beach. Julia is really not a cake lover but she could not get enough of this cake! It is light, moist and not too sweet!! Learn from my mistake please. The first time I made it I put all the carrot peels in my disposal and I had clogged up sink and a mess! Put the peels in the trash! :) 

Auntie Berta's Amazing Carrot Cake

Ingredients

6 eggs beaten
1 ¼ cup sugar
1 cup Wesson oil
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 cups peeled and shredded carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts optional
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients one at a time from top to bottom. You can add a 1 cup of chopped walnuts if you like. Toss them with a little flour before adding to batter so they don’t sink to the bottom cake. Spray a 9 X 13 or bunt cake pan with baking spray or grease and flour pan. Pour batter in pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.  Cool for 15 minutes and take cake out of pan and onto a serving plate.  Cool completely and dust with powdered sugar or top with your favorite frosting.  This cake is so moist and delicious you really don’t need frosting!