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  • 16 de março de 2018 às 14:48

Simple carrot cake
This is a great carrot cake recipe that is easy to make. It calls for self-raising flour, carrots, walnuts and cinnamon – no other spices, pineapple, raisins, etc. The Cream cheese icing is also easy to make and really delicious. Feel free to reduce the amount of sugar in the cake if you prefer your cakes less sweet.

Ingredients

250g self-raising flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
400g caster sugar
350ml vegetable oil
4 eggs
350g grated carrots
120g chopped walnuts

Cream cheese icing

225g cream cheese
110g margarine, softened
450g icing sugar
120g chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease two 23cm round cake tins.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, cinnamon and sugar. Add the oil and eggs, mix until blended, then stir in the carrots and nuts. Divide the cake mixture evenly between the two prepared tins.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven. A skewer inserted into the cake should come out clean. Cool cakes on wire racks before removing from tins.
To make the icing: In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese, add the sugar and cream well. Stir in the nuts and vanilla. Use to fill and ice the cooled cake layers.

Tips

– You can easily halve the amount of sugar to 200g for a less sweet cake