Check out Jenny’s recipe to make this delicious classic cake.
Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients for the cake:
- 450ml vegetable oil
- 400g plain flour
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 5 medium eggs
- 550g sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 525g finely grated carrots
- 150g finely chopped walnuts (extra 100g for decorations the exterior of the cake,
- optional)
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
Ingredients for the icing
- 200g cream cheese
- 150g caster sugar
- 100g butter, softened
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C. Grease 2x20cm circular tins with soft butter and sprinkle with flour and then line with parchment paper.
2. Mix all of the ingredients for the carrot cake in a large bowl, except the carrots and walnuts, until well combined. Stir in the carrots and walnuts.
3. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool, then carefully remove the cake from the tin and set aside to cool completely on a cooling rack.
4. While the cake is cooking, get started on the icing, beat the cream cheese, caster sugar and butter together in a bowl until fluffy. Spread the icing inside the cake and all over the outside to cover it, add chopped walnuts (optional).