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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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This is my mummy and my brothers favourite cake apparently. I just made it for mummy's birthday and I can see why. Mummy used to make this all the time when I was little. I couldn't believe how easy and quick it was. Ingredients:
3/4 cup self-raising flour |
1/2 cup plain flour |
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda |
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
1/2 cup brown sugar |
1 1/2 cups grated carrots (about 2 large carrots) |
1/2 cup oil (i used vegetable) |
2 eggs, lightly beaten |
1/2 cup sour cream |
60 g packaged cream cheese, softened |
30 g soft butter |
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind |
1 1/2 cups icing sugar |
6 walnut halves (or more) |
Directions:
1. Grease a 20cm ring pan, line base with paper; grease paper.
2. Sift flours, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into bowl; stir in sugar and carrot.
3. Combine oil, eggs and sour cream;stir into flour mixture.
4. Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderately slow oven for 50 minutes (mine took 30 in the aga - so watch it closely).
5. Turn onto wire rack to cool.
6. When cold, spread with frosting; decorate with walnut halves.
7. Cream Cheese Frosting:.
8. Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon rind in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, gradually beat in sifted icing sugar; beat until combined.
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