Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 5 ounces caster sugar
• 4 fluid ounces oil
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 5 ounces self raising flour or 5 ounces ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 4 ounces chopped walnuts
• 4 grated carrots
• 2 ounces margarine
• 4 ounces philadelphia cream cheese
• 8 ounces icing sugar
• 3 drops vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 for the cake:.
• 2 line an 8in baking tin. beat eggs, oil, sugar and cinnamon.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a separate bowl, and add to egg mixture.
• 4 bake at 350 deg f for 30-40 mins, until a skewer comes out clean.
• 5 for the topping:.
• 6 cream the cheese and margarine. mix in icing sugar and vanilla essence. spread on cake.