Food Processer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Another recipe from my Mom's cooking archives.  I like this cake because everything is done in the food processor...less to clean up!

Ingredients for cake:
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
3 medium carrots (enough to make 1 1/2 c. grated)
3/4 c. walnuts
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. melted butter
3 tsp. vanilla


Ingredients for frosting:
1 tsp. butter
1 (3 oz.) cream cheese
2 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation for cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a food processor with blade attachment, combine flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder.  Set aside in another bowl.  Peel and cut carrots in lengths slightly shorter than processor feed tube.  Insert the shredding disc and grate.  Remove grated carrots process nuts with chopping blade.  Remove nuts.  Place eggs, sugar and butter in processor bowl and blend with blade.  With processor on, add flour through feed tube.  Add carrots, vanilla and nuts.  Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.  Pour batter into 9" x 13" greased and floured baking pan.  Bake 35 - 40 minutes.

Prepartion for frosting:

Combine all ingredients in processor bowl with blade.  Process until creamy and well blended.