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Carrot Cake

By Chelsea's team of cooks, added 13 April 2011

Difficulty Medium RecipePrep time10 minutes RecipeCooking Time 40 -45 Minutes

  • Carrot Cake

A popular carrot cake recipe, moist and flavourful with grated carrots and topped with a delicious cream cheese icing

Recipe Rating: 5

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 cups Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
1 cup oil
3 cups grated carrots
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup milk (warmed)
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup walnuts

Cream Cheese Icing
50g butter- softened
1/2 cup cream cheese
2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 Tbsp milk to mix

Method

Beat eggs and Brown sugar. Add oil then all other ingredients - mix well. Pour into a large 23cm well greased and baking paper lined cake tin.
Bake at 160°C for 45 - 55 minutes, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Stand in the tin for 20 mins then turn out and cool on a cake rack. Spread with cream cheese Icing when cold.

Cream cheese Icing
Beat butter and cream cheese together. Add icing sugar, vanilla and sufficient milk to make a light fluffy Icing consistency. Spread over cake and decorate with chopped nuts if desired.

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Overall rating

Recipe Rating: 5

5 ratings, 279 people added this to their Favourite Recipes.

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