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Tara's Tasty Treats

Carrot Cake

let’s make carrot cake.

Ingredients

cake

  • 220 ml vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 150 g sugar
  • 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

frosting

  • 400 g cream cheese (cold)
  • 60 g sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • crushed walnuts (for topping)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease and line a cake tin.

  2. 2

    Whisk together oil, eggs, and sugar until smooth and slightly thickened. Stir in vanilla.

  3. 3

    Fold in grated carrots, then add walnuts and mixed fruit.

  4. 4

    Add flour, cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg, and bicarbonate of soda. Fold gently until just combined.

  5. 5

    Pour into tin and bake for 40–50 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.

  6. 6

    Cool in tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.

  7. 7

    Allow to cool completely.

  8. 8

    For the frosting, beat cream cheese until smooth.

  9. 9

    Add sugar and vanilla, mix until combined (do not overmix). Chill if needed.

  10. 10

    Pipe or spread cream cheese frosting over cooled cake and top with crushed walnuts.