Carrot Cake

50m
Serves 8
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Directions

  1. 1Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  2. 2Prepare cake tin by spraying with baking spray.
  3. 3Cream together 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of oil, and 3 eggs.
  4. 4Sift in 1 ½ cups of cake wheat flour, 10ml baking powder, 10ml cinnamon, and 5ml bicarbonate of soda.
  5. 5Mix until smooth.
  6. 6Add 1 ½ cups of grated carrots, ½ cup of mashed bananas, and ½ cup of finely chopped pecans.
  7. 7Mix well.
  8. 8Pour batter into prepared cake tin.
  9. 9Bake for 50 minutes.
  10. 10Let the cake cool down.
  11. 11Make the icing by mixing 100ml of cream cheese, 1 ½ cups of icing sugar, 110ml of butter/margarine, and 6ml of vanilla extract.
  12. 12Once the cake is fully cooled, decorate with icing and chopped pecans.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1.5 cup cake wheat flour
  • 10 ml baking powder
  • 10 ml cinnamon
  • 5 ml bicarbonate of soda
  • 1.5 cups grated carrots
  • 0.5 cup mashed bananas
  • 0.5 cup chopped pecans
  • 100 ml cream cheese
  • 1.5 cups icing sugar
  • 110 ml butter/margarine
  • 6 ml vanilla extract

Equipment

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