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Cup Plus 2 teaspoons butter  
/2 Cup Vegetable oil  
Cup Sugar  
Cup Brown sugar  
Cup Flour  
Teaspoon Baking powder  
Teaspoon Baking soda  
Teaspoon Ground cinnamon  
Pinches salt  
Eggs  
Cup Shredded parsnips  
Cup Ground walnuts  
Teaspoon Pure vanilla extract  
Ounce Cream cheese; softened  
Cup Chopped walnuts  
Cup Powdered sugar  
Cup Simple syrup; (1 cup water, 1 cup sugar heated until sugar is dissolved)  
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 (9−inch) round cake pans. In the  
bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle, combine the 1/2 cup of the  
butter, oil, sugar and brown sugar.. Cream the mixture until smooth. Sift  
the flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt into a  
small mixing bowl. Add the egg to the butter/sugar mixture, one at a time.  
Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture, 1/2 cup at a time. Add  
the parsnips, ground walnuts and vanilla. Mix well. Pour the batter into the  
prepared pans and spread evenly. Place in the oven and bake for about 30 to  
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0 minutes or until the center sprigs back when touched. Remove from the  
oven and cool. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the cream cheese  
and remaining 1/2 cup butter. Mix well. Add the walnut pieces and remaining  
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teaspoon cinnamon. Mix well. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time and  
mix until the frosting is spreadable. To assemble, slice each cake in half.  
Place on half in the center of a serving plate. Brush the top of the cake  
with the simple syrup. Spread 1/2 cup of the frosting over the first layer.  
Repeat the above process until all of the layers are used. Ice the entire  
cake with the remaining frosting. Refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes. Slice  
the cake and serve.  
Yield: 12 servings  
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