Isaac's Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2.5 teaspoons baking soda
• 2.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 2 cups shredded carrots
• 1 , 11 ounce
• 1.25 cups vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13x2-inch baking dish.

2. 2

   Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, ground cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat carrots, mandarin oranges, oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and orange zest into flour mixture with an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.