4/22/11

Carrot Cake

Ingredients
  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • slighty less then 1/2 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 cup finely grated carrot
  • 1/3 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
  • walnut pieces, for decoration
FROSTING:
  • 4 tbsp butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup full-fat cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Directions1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees F, and lightly grease an 8 inch square cake pan and line with baking parchment.
2. Sift the flour, salt and cinnamon and stir in brown sugar. Add eggs and oil and mix well.
3. Stir in carrot, coconut and walnuts.
4. Pour mixture into cake pan and back for 20-25 minutes, or until firm. Cool in the pan.
5. For frosting - beat together butter, cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and lemon juice until fluffy and creamy.
6. Spread frosting on cake and decorate with walnut pieces.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4/26/2011

    Imade this carrot cake and very good try it.

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