The best carrot cake ever girls!

Hi girls! I always go through cooking fads every now and again, trying new recipes etc. but this Carrot Cake recipe I'm about to give you would have to be the very best I have ever had and is always in fashion in my household.

I remember when I was a child the only cake we ever seemed to have was homemade Butter Cake and Rainbow Cake and oh yes - Lamingtons on the odd occasion. When I grew up I was shocked at the thought of carrot in a cake, as far as I was concerned carrot was served with a meal and that was that!

Quiet a few year ago Carrot Cake was all the go so I decided to give it a go. This cake doesn't have any sultanas which as far as I'm concerned shouldn't have anyway- but some may disagree. It is beautifully moist and the Cream cheese frosting is to fashionably die for...

This is it...

250 grams Carrots, peeled
1 cup of Safflower oil or a similar substitute - nothing heavy though.
1 cup Brown sugar lightly packed
3 eggs
1 & half cups Self Raising Flour
1 teaspoon Bi-carbonate of soda
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
pinch salt
Quarter cup of Walnuts

Shred carrots and set aside.
Place oil, sugar and eggs in a bowl. Mix until well combined. Add the flour, bi-carb soda,cinnamon and salt, combine well then add the chopped walnuts mix in. Now add the shredded carrot and fold through, then pour the mixture into 2 well greased loaf pans 12cm x 17cm or a deep 20cm square cake pan. Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes or until cooked when tested. When cool, ice with cream cheese frosting, then sprinkle with crushed walnuts down the centre.

Yummy Cream cheese frosting...

125 grams cream cheese
1 teaspoon butter
2 cups icing sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Place cream cheese and butter in a bowl, mix intil smooth and creamy. Gradually add icing sugar and lemon juice. Process until ingrediens are well combined. This quantity is sufficient to cover the top of a 20 cm cake . Double the recipe to cover the sides of the cake.

cm - (centimetres)
moderate oven - usually 180C or 160C in a fan fanforced oven.

If you have a kitchen wiz or something similar this cake only takes minutes to prepare, when you have tasted this recipe you will never buy a carrot cake again! Believe me! Nothing will measure up!

Whats in fashion girls! - The best carrot cake ever!