Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• Flour 2 cups
• Caster sugar 2 cups
• Carrots, shredded 3 cups
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Baking soda 1 tsp
• Ground cinnamon 1 tsp
• Oil 1 cup
• Eggs 4

Ingredients for Frosting

• Cream cheese 200 gm
• Icing sugar 4 oz
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp
• Marzipan carrots to decorate

Method

• Beat eggs, add oil, caster sugar, add the sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon, fold in the carrots, mix all well and put to bake in a greased and lined 9” tin. Bake at 180 degrees C for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack completely before frosting. For the frosting, beat cream cheese, add icing sugar and essence and apply on the cake, decorate with carrots made of marzipan.