Carrots are GREAT in cake!!!

Hi all from Di in Johnnesburg South Africa.

I have made this carrot cake sucessfully a couple of times and it has gone down a real treat. One of its advantages is that it keeps well. The icing is absolutely delicious and you can spread it on really thickly!

• The preparation time is 40 minutes

• The cooking time is 1 1/4 hours

• Pre heat oven to 180 Celcius

• Butter and flour a 25cm tube baking pan (that's the one with the whole in the middle.

• Grate the carrots, chop the pineapple and chop the walnuts!

Ingredients:

 

• 375 gm flour

• 10ml (2 teaspoons) baking powder

• 10 ml ( 2 teaspoons) bicarbonate of soda

• 5 ml (1 teaspoon) ground cinnamon

• 3 ml (1/4 teaspoon) salt

• 375 gm sugar

• 4 eggs lightly beaten

• 375 ml (1 1/4 cup) sunflower oil

• 5 ml (1 teaspoon) vanlla essence

• 750 ml (3 cups) grated carrot

• 250 ml (1 cup) chopped walnuts

• 250 ml (1 cup) chopped pineapple

 

For the cream cheese icing:

• 250 gm firm cream cheese

• 125 gm melted butter

• 500gm icing sugar

• 5ml (1 teaspoon) vanilla essence

To make the carrot cake:

1. In a large bowl sieve together the flour salt baking powder bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon.

2. Add the sugar

3. Make a well in the centre and and add the eggs, oil and vanilla essence.

4. Mix wel

5. Stir in the carrots, pineapple and walnuts

6. Place the mixture in the prepared baking dish and bake for 1 1/4 hours. Allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes before removing from the dish.

To make the icing:

1. Cream the butter and 'cream cheese' together

2. Slowly beat in the icing sugar and vanilla essence.

3. The cake must be cool before you ice it.

Now just enjoy all that healthy stuff. believe me its the best way to eat carrots!

Thanks for visiting us at IACW.

Love from Di

 

 

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Comments

[Caroline]

YUM!!!