This is my favourite Carrot Cake recipe. While it does have a lot of ingredients, I think it is 100% worth it when you taste the finished product. Great at Easter an all year round!
Carrot Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 cup Extra virgin Olive Oil light
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp biscarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 350 g grated carrot approx 4 large carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts plus extra for decoration
- 2/3 cup sultanas
- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
Lemon Cream Cheese Icing
- 3 tbsp margarine or butter
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 80 g cream cheese approx 4 tbsp
- 1 lemon grated zest only
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C. Lightly grease or line a 22cm cake pan.
- Beat the sugar, oil and eggs together for 5 minutes, until fluffy. Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the sugar mixture with the carrot, nuts, sultanas and pineapple. Mix together until combined and pour into the cake pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, make the icing by placing all ingredients in a mixing bowl and beating together until the icing is light and fluffy. Ice the cooled cake and decorate with extra walnuts if desired.
That carrot cake must be delicious! I’m looking forward to trying it out! #carrotcake #delicious