Carrot Cake

Name: Carrot Cake
Ingredients: 400 g cream cheese (cold); 220 ml vegetable oil; 4 eggs; 60 g sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; 150 g sugar; crushed walnuts (for topping); 1 tsp vanilla essence; 300 g carrots (grated); 100 g walnuts (chopped); 100 g mixed fruit; 275 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 tsp mixed spice; 1 tbsp nutmeg; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

let’s make carrot cake.

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a carrot cake with oil-based sponge, warm spices, and cream cheese frosting topped with crushed walnuts.

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Directions

1
Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease and line a cake tin.
2
Whisk together oil, eggs, and sugar until smooth and slightly thickened. Stir in vanilla.
3
Fold in grated carrots, then add walnuts and mixed fruit.
4
Add flour, cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg, and bicarbonate of soda. Fold gently until just combined.
5
Pour into tin and bake for 40–50 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
6
Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
7
Allow to cool completely.
8
For the frosting, beat cream cheese until smooth.
9
Add sugar and vanilla, mix until combined (do not overmix). Chill if needed.
10
Pipe or spread cream cheese frosting over cooled cake and top with crushed walnuts.

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