Carrot cake with Cream Cheese Icing.

A simple but tasty recipe.
The carrots add flavour, nutrition, colour and juice to the cake.
This recipe makes a small (15cm) cake, double the recipe if making a normal size cake.

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Equipment

Small round cake tin and baking paper

Large and small bowl

Whisk

Peeler

Grater

Wooden spoon

Measuring cups/spoons

Cooling rack

INGREDIENTS (per pair)

1/2 cup white sugar

3/4 cup plain flour

1/2 cup carrot (grated)- use 1/2 a big carrot

2 eggs (beaten)

1/4 cup oil

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp vanilla essence

ICING

1 Tbsp cream cheese

1/4 tsp lemon juice

½ cup icing sugar

METHOD

1.     Preheat oven to 180°C.

2.     Line a small round cake tin with baking paper.

3.     Place all ingredients into a large bowl and beat well.

4.     Pour mixture into loaf tin.

5.     Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.

6.     Remove the cake from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the tin.

7.     Add the icing ingredients together in a small bowl and beat until smooth.

8.     When the cake is cool, ice with the cream cheese icing.