CARROT CAKE

CARROT CAKE 

From Billie Reid

2 cups self-rising flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 t. cinnamon
1  1/2 cups oil
1 t. walnut flavoring
1 cup chopped pecans
3 cups grated carrots
4 eggs

Mix and bake in 350 oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Frosting

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 t. soda
1 t. vanilla
2 T. light Karo syrup

Mix, add soda just as you start cooking.

Cook over direct heat for 5 minutes.

Pour over cake in pan.

Let stand overnight in fridge.