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.
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