Description
Dee514 asked me if i had a carrot cake recipe and this is what i sent her. She did say she doubled the recipe and put golden sultanas in it. I haven't tried it. She said it was great any queries ask dee.
Ingredients
- Self Raising Flour
- Plain Flour
- Ground Cinnamon
- Ground Cloves
- Ground Ginger
- Ground Nutmeg
- Bicarbonate Of Soda
- Oil
- Soft Brown Sugar
- Golden Syrup
- Eggs
- Carrots
- Walnuts
- Cream Cheese
- Butter
- Icing Sugar
- Vanilla Essence
- Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to warm 315df
- Brush a deep 9 inch round cake tin with melted butter or oil
- Line the base and side with baking paper
- Sift the flours, spices and soda into a large bowl and make a well in the centre
- Whisk together the oil, sugar, syrup and eggs and gradually stir in the dry ingredients until smooth
- Stir in the carrot and walnuts
- Spoon the mixture into the tin
- Bake for 1-1 / 2 hours or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre
- Cool in the tin, then on a wire rack beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth
- Gradually add the icing sugar alternately with the vanilla and lemon juice, beating until light and creamy
- Spread the icing over the cake or cut th cake horizontally, sandwich the layers together with half the icing and spread the rest on top