Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 7/8 cup sunflower oil
• 4 eggs
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 8 ounces all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 6 ounces carrots, grated
• butter, for greasing
• 2 1/2 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 12 ounces icing sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs and honey until well combined.
• 3 stir in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, vanilla essence and grated carrots and beat well.
• 4 pour the cake mixture into a greased 9in cake tin and transfer to the oven to bake for one hour until a skewer poked into the centre comes out clean. leave to cool on a wire rack and carefully remove from the tin when cool.
• 5 for the frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until light and fluffy. add the sifted icing sugar and vanilla essence and stir until combined.
• 6 once the cake is cool, using a palate knife, spread the icing across the cake. serve in slices.