Carrot Cake

A classic carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of brown sugar
• ¾ cup of vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
• ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon of mixed spice
• 2 cups of grated carrot
• ¾ cup of chopped walnuts

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 125 grams of cream cheese, softened
• 60 grams of butter, softened
• ½ cup of icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.
2. Whisk together the eggs, sugar, and oil.
3. Sift the flour, soda, and spices over the mixture and fold through.
4. Fold in the carrot, walnuts, and vanilla, then pour into the prepared tin.
5. Bake for 50-55 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
6. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
7. Beat the cream cheese, butter, icing sugar, and vanilla together until smooth.
8. Spread over the cooled cake and serve in slices.

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