Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing
From gourmetana 10 years agoIngredients
For the cake
- 200ml/7fl oz sunflower oil shopping list
- 4 free-range eggs shopping list
- 4 tbsp clear honey shopping list
- 225g/8oz plain flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda shopping list
- pinch salt shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla essence shopping list
- 175g/6oz grated carrots shopping list
- butter, for greasing shopping list
For the icing
- 75g/2½oz cream cheese shopping list
- 2 tbsp butter shopping list
- 340g/12oz icing sugar, sifted shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla essence shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- In a bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs and honey until well combined.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, vanilla essence and grated carrots and beat well.
- Pour the cake mixture into a greased 23cm/9in cake tin and transfer to the oven to bake for one hour until a skewer poked into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack and carefully remove from the tin when cool.
- For the icing, beat the cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the sifted icing sugar and vanilla essence and stir until combined.
- Once the cake is cool, using a palate knife, spread the icing across the cake. Serve in slices.
The Rating
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I'm so glad you posted this recipe when you did! My daughter wanted to make a carrot cake so the Easter Bunny could have a piece :) This turned out SO GOOD!!! Posted a couple of pics and a review in the IMI -----> more
mommyluvs2cook in Santa Fe loved it
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