How to Make Carrot Cake
This tasty, creamy cake is loved by many. With this recipe, it'll become part of your monthly baking! Delight in this Carrot Cake recipe.
[edit] Ingredients
- 380 g flour
- 180 g sugar
- 120 g brown sugar
- 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- 1 can of pineapple chunks
- 500 g grated raw carrot
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 180 ml vegetable oil
for the frosting:
- 220 g cream cheese
- 60 g melted butter
- 500 g icing sugar
[edit] Steps
- Preheat the oven at 180ºC (350ºF/ gas mark 4).
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Mix the dry ingredients in to a large bowl; add the flour,sugar,brown sugar, the baking powder,the salt and the cinnamon.
- Add another bowl the eggs,oil and the vanilla en mix till it becomes a smooth mixture.
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Pour the egg mixture in the bowl with the flour.
- Add the grated carrot and pineapple then stir well.
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Use the pastry brush to coat the cake tin with some melted butter, and pour the cake mix in.
- Put the cake tin in the middle of the oven and let it baked for 35-40 minutes.
- After about 35 control the cake with a wooden skewer, if it comes out dry then the cake is ready.
- Make the icing; add the icing sugar,the cream cheese and the melted butter en stir till the mixture becomes smooth.
- Let the cake cool down.
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Spoon the frosting on top of the cake,still in the cake tin,use your spatula to smooth the frosting. Let the frosting start to harden.
- Take the cake out of the tin and serve!
[edit] Things You'll Need
- 1 pastry brush
- 3 large bowls
- 1 spoon
- 1 spatula
- 1 whisk
- 20cm diameter cake tin
- 1 wooden skewer
