Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2/3 cups milk
3 medium carrots, grated
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Icing
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

Topping
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease a 9 inch round cake pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess.

2. Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.

3. Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and milk into butter mixture. Sitr in carrots and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.

4. Bake cake until top springs back when lightly touched and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.

5. To prepare icing, beat together butter and cream cheese at medium speed until completely smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in confectioner's sugar until well blended. To prepare topping, mix together nuts and brown sugar.

6. Place cake on a serving plate. Spread icing over top and sides. Sprinkle with nut mixure.

(This is the BEST carrot cake that I've ever had! I doubled the recipe so that it had 2 layers.)