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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
2 cups Plain Flour
2 teaspoons Bicarbonate of Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
3½ cups Brown Sugar
250mL Vegetable Oil
4 large Eggs (beaten)
3 cups grated Carrot
250g Walnuts (roughly chopped)
Method:
- Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a large bowl.
- Mix oil and sugar together in another bowl.
- Add beaten eggs to oil & sugar mixture.
- Make a hole in the flour and stir in the liquid.
- Then add carrots and walnuts.
- Grease and line the base of a rectangular baking dish.
- Pour in mixture and bake for 1 hour on 150°.
- Remove from oven and leave to cool down while making the frosting.
Frosting:
250g Cream cheese
6 tbsp Margarine
1 cup Castor sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla Essence.
- Place all the ingredients together in a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Spread evenly over the cake and sprinkle with a few walnuts.
