Carrot Cake & Pound Cake

Baked on
 Guess Who's Cooking
by Manny Knowles
Originally aired on
Cable 12
 October 27, 2003

Manny Knowles, the host of this show, is a multi-talented individual. He is a writer, filmmaker, actor, singer, film editor, producer and director. He is the president of Plantation Pictures Limited, the company that produced Guess Who’s Cooking and was also responsible for the production of the film version of Powercut and the Video and CD recordings of Music of The Bahamas.


To a mixing bowl add 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of canola oil and 2 eggs. Mix these ingredients together. Add 1 cup of flour, 1 tsp. of baking soda, 1/2 tsp. of salt and 1 tsp. of cinnamon and mix together. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees. Add 1/2 cup of chopped pecans, 1 & 1/2 cups of grated carrots and mix. Add this batter to a pan. Bake for 1 hour.

Add 1/8 cup of butter to a mixing bowl then add 4 oz. of cream cheese and 1 tsp. of vanilla. Add 1 cup of sifted powdered sugar and mix. Add this icing to the cooled carrot cake and sprinkle some chopped pecans on the top of the cake.

Add to a mixing bowl one pound of butter, 6 eggs, 1 tbsp of almond and mix together. Add 1 pound of sifted powdered sugar and 2 cups of sifted flour and mix. Add batter to baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of finished cakes.
Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup pecans
1 & 1/2 cups grated carrots
1/8 cup butter
4 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
1 lb. butter
6 eggs
1 tbsp almond
2 cups flour
1 lb. powdered sugar