Carrot Cake

(from hsunderland1279’s recipe box)

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes

Categories: cake, carrots, sweets

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 3 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • Topping:
  • 180g cream cheese (philladelphia)
  • 50g butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • icing sugar

Directions

  1. sift together sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon

  2. Stir in oil

  3. Add eggs

  4. Add carrots, nuts, vanilla.

  5. Mix thoroughly

  6. Pour into greased cake tin

  7. Bake at 180c for 30 mins

  8. Topping:

  9. Beat cream cheese and butter together.

  10. Add vanilla and nuts

  11. Add enough icing sugar so that it becomes spreadable

  12. Spread onto cooled cake

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