Saturday, August 29, 2009

Carrot Cake

Ingredients:
Cake:
185g butter
1½ cups caster sugar
3 eggs
2 cups grated carrots
¾ cups chopped walnuts
¾ cups AP flour
¾ cups self raising flour
1½ tsp mixed spice

Orange cream cheese frosting:
60 g cream cheese
30 g soft butter
1 tsp grated orange rind
1½ cups icing sugar

Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. 
  2. Grease 20cm ring pan & line base with paper. 
  3. Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. 
  4. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until combined. 
  5. Stir in carrot & walnuts. 
  6. Add sifted ingredients. 
  7. Pour into pan & bake for 1 hour. 
  8. Stand for 5 mins before turning onto wire rack to cool. 
  9. For frosting, beat cream cheese, butter & rind until light & fluffy. Gradually add icing sugar & beat until smooth. 
  10. Spread frosting on cooled cake. 

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