Carrot Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake
1 cup raisins
2 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup melted butter, slightly cooled
1/2 cup milk
2 cups dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
8 ounces crushed pineapple
4 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup grated coconut
Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar

Preparation

For cake---------------.
Put raisins in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9\" x 13\" cake pan.
Sift flour, soda, cinnamon and salt together.
Beat eggs, butter, milk, sugar and vanilla together.
Drain water from raisins with a sieve.
Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
Stir in pineapple, carrots, walnuts, coconuts and raisins and mix.
Pour into pan and bake for about one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan.
Cool completely before Icing.
For frosting----------------.
Beat butter and cream cheese.
Add vanilla and sugar and blend well.