---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake *
 Categories: Cakes, S_living
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
           -RoseRay dsjn00a-
      2 c  All purpose flour
      2 ts Soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      2 ts Ground cinnamon
      3    Eggs; well beaten
    3/4 c  Vegetable oil
    3/4 c  Buttermilk
      2 c  Sugar
      2 ts Vanilla extract
      1 cn Crushed pineapple; drained,
           - 8-oz can
      2 c  Grated carrots
      1 cn Flaked coconut; 3-1/2 oz can
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped

------------------------------BUTTERMILK GLAZE------------------------------
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Soda
    1/2 c  Buttermilk
    1/2 c  Butter
      1 tb Light corn syrup
      1 ts Vanilla extract

------------------------ORANGE-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING------------------------
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
      8 oz Cream cheese; softened
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      2 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
      1 ts Grated orange rind
      1 ts Orange juice
 
     Combine flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.

     Combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, sugar, and vanilla;
  beat until smooth. Stir in flour mixture, pineapple,
  carrots, coconut, and chopped walnuts. Pour batter
  into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

     Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden
  pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Immediately
  spread Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers. Cool in
  pans 15 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool
  completely.

     Spread Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting between layers
  and on top and sides of cake.  Store cake in
  refrigerator.

     Buttermilk Glaze.  Combine sugar, soda, buttermilk,
  butter, and corn syrup in a Dutch oven.  Bring to a
  boil; cook 4 minutes, stirring often. Remove from
  heat, and stir in vanilla.

  Yield. About 1-1/2 cups.

     Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting.  Combine butter and
  cream cheese, beating until light and fluffy.  Add
  vanilla, powdered sugar, rind, and juice; beat until
  smooth.

  Yield: enough for one 2-layer cake.

  Source: Southern Living.
 
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