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I've always been a big fan of carrot cake ever since I was a kid (although Mum was more into making melting moments and jam tarts) and I've finally found the ultimate recipe. It's moist, packed with flavour and contains a vegetable (always a bonus, it helps to cancel out all the sugar. ;p )
Carrot Cake
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/3 cups soft brown sugar
3 eggs
3 cups grated carrot
1 cup chopped walnuts
Zest of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 orange
2 1/4 cups self-raising flour
1 1/2 tspn bi-carb soda
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.
In a large bowl beat together the vegetable oil, brown sugar and eggs for 5 minutes or until the mixture looks creamy.
With a wooden spoon stir in the grated carrot, walnuts and fruit zest then stir in flour, bi-carb and cinnamon.
Tip the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the tin then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely before icing it.
Cream Cheese Icing
40g butter
120g soft cream cheese
1/2 tspn vanilla extract
2 cups icing sugar
Cream the butter for a minute then add the cream cheese, vanilla and 1 cup of icing sugar. Beat the icing with an electric mixer for 4 minutes then add the second cup of icing sugar and beat for a further 4 minutes. Spread the icing over the cake then sprinkle with some brown sugar or a little more cinnamon.
Enjoy a really big slice of this cake with a cup of tea or coffee. :)
3 comments:
You're back. Hot dog. I've missed your posts. Love, love, love carrot cake. It's my favorite of the cakes.
Congrats on getting settled in your new place. Will you plant a garden?
It's an established house but we will be re-doing the garden as it's pretty tragic at the moment! The eventual aim is to get a herb and veggie garden happening. :)
I wish you much fun in getting your garden going. Love things fresh from the earth. Happy Eating and Happy Gardening.
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