Name: Carrot Cake I
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 100 g icing sugar; 50 g cream cheese or creamy cottage cheese; 25 g margarine or butter (frosting); 2.5 ml vanilla essence; 225 g flour; 225 g grated carrot; 150 g margarine or butter (cake); 250 g brown sugar; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1.5 teaspoons baking powder; 1 egg; as needed raisins; as needed nuts

Dessert

8 servings

471 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Make frosting: mix icing sugar, cream cheese (or cottage cheese), margarine/butter and vanilla essence.

Icing sugarCream cheese or creamy cottage cheeseMargarine or butter (frosting)Vanilla essence

Step 2

Melt the margarine/butter and brown sugar together.

Margarine or butter (cake)Brown sugar

Step 3

Mix in the dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, baking powder).

FlourCinnamonBaking powder

Step 4

Beat the egg and add it to the batter.

Egg

Step 5

Stir in grated carrot, raisins and nuts until well combined.

Grated carrotRaisinsNuts

Step 6

Bake at 350°F for about 50 minutes in a greased tin lined with greaseproof paper.

Step 7

When cake has cooled, top with the cream cheese frosting.

Cream cheese or creamy cottage cheeseIcing sugarMargarine or butter (frosting)Vanilla essence

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.