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Carrot Cake II

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Carrot Cake II — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 450 ml (14 fl oz) vegetable oil
  • 400 g (14 oz) plain flour
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate soda
  • 570 g (1 lb 4 oz) granulated sugar
  • 290 g (10 oz) eggs
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 12 g (½ oz) ground cinnamon
  • 530 g (1 lb 3 oz) carrots, peeled and grated
  • 150 g (5 oz) walnuts, chopped
  • 200 g (7 oz) cream cheese
  • 150 g (5 oz) granulated sugar
  • 100 g (3½ oz) butter

Instructions

  1. 1
    Mix all the ingredients together in a food processor for 5 minutes.
  2. 2
    Pour batter into a cake tin 26 cm (10½ inches) in diameter.
  3. 3
    Bake at 160°C (325°F/Gas 3) for 45 minutes.
  4. 4
    Check to see if the cake is cooked, then remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin.
  5. 5
    Unmold cake and place it on a cooling rack.
  6. 6
    For the topping, place the cream cheese, sugar and butter into a mixing bowl and cream together until smooth and soft.
  7. 7
    Spread frosting over the cake using a palette knife.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Carrot_Cake_II