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October 16th, 2009
![[info]](http://klab.lv/img/userinfo.gif) alniz | 05:39 pm
Carrot Cake:
Ingredients
. 200g soft brown sugar
. 140ml vegetable oil
. 300g grated carrot
. 2 eggs
. 80g chopped walnuts
. 180g self-raising flour
. Pinch of salt
. 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
. 1/2 tsp mixed spice
. 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Lemon Icing:
Ingredients
. 250g cream cheese
. 50g softened butter
. 1tsp vanilla extract
. 200g icing sugar
. Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
. 1 tbsp lemon juice
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 150degrees Celsius, or Gas Mark 2.
2. Oil a loaf tin and line with parchment paper.
3. Beat the eggs in a large bowl, mix in the vegetable oil, then the sugar, then the carrots and walnuts.
4. Sift in the dry ingredients and mix together well.
5. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake in the oven for about 1hour- 1hour 15minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.
6. Leave to sit in the loaf tin for a few minutes before removing.
7. Set aside to cool completely before adding the icing.
8. For the icing, beat together the butter and cream cheese using an electric mixer until smooth.
9. Add the vanilla extract, lemon zest, lemon juice and stir.
10. Then add the icing sugar and combine until smooth and thick.
11. Spread icing over the cooled carrot cake and serve.
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