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Carrot Cake

I'm not great at baking, however this is one cake I make very well. Try this recipe its simple and you get an awesome cake at the end of it.

 

Ingredients

 

85 g plain flour

75 g whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

0.750 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 large egg

2 large egg whites

60 ml vegetable oil (I used groundnut)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

165 g runny honey

350 g carrots, peeled and grated

80 g Philadelphia Extra-Light

5 teaspoons icing sugar

1 teaspoon maple sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Method

 

Preheat oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4. Spray a 20cm (8 inch) cake tin with cooking spray and line with a round of baking parchment. Spray once more.

 

Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl.

 

In a large bowl beat together the wet ingredients until well combined--when you scrape a spoon or whisk along the bottom of the bowl it shouldn't get stuck in a layer of honey. Stir in the grated carrots, then add the dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly.

 

Scrape into the prepared tin, level the top, and bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

 

Cool in tin for ten minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack--make sure you remove the parchment--to finish cooling.

 

When cold, beat together the icing ingredients and spread in a thin layer over the cake.

 

See the recipe and instructions on our site www.rexipe.com/recipes/105-carrot_cake

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Taken on July 16, 2007