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Lemon Carrot Teacake Recipe


Lemon Carrot Teacake Recipe
From a cookbook called "Irish Cooking", a snack cake in time for St Patrick's Day.

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Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup carrot, finely shredded
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • Frosting:
  • 1 large bar cream cheese (8 ounces), softened
  • 1/2 cup confectioner's powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp butter, softened
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp grated lemon peel

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease 9 inch square or 7x11 baking pan.
  3. Combine and set aside flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. Cream the stick of butter and the sugar until fluffy.
  5. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well.
  6. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with flour.
  7. Beat until well blended but do not overbeat.
  8. Add the shredded carrot and lemon peel and blend in but do not overbeat.
  9. Pour into prepared pan.
  10. Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  11. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
  12. Remove from pan and cool completely.
  13. For frosting, beat cream cheese and 2 tbsp butter until it is smooth and fluffy.
  14. Add confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and lemon peel.
  15. Beat until smooth.
  16. Frost cooled cake.
  17. Garnish with strips of orange peel or as desired.

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Comments


Wonderful.


This sounds wonderful. I'll be trying this out soon.


Looks like these would be very moist,and a good flavor. Thank-you for the recipe


Lemons and carrots? Wow, I never would have combined these two flavors! Thanks so much for another great recipe! I will definitely try this one!


Oh Gosh... how did I miss this one... I need to make this and make it soon... Sounds wonderful..


Great flavor and ingredients thanks high5


A combination of two of my faves: carrot and lemon. All in one cake! My mother-in-law will love it, but so will I. Hmmmm. I guess I'll have to share. Thanks!


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