Carrot Cake
I baked this cake often when I was in Iceland, a big hit. Moist and got a rich flavour. I have had this recipe for years, I think I found it online somewhere, can’t remember where I found it.
Equipment
- 23 cm round tin
- Oven
- 2 Bowls
Ingredients
The cake
- 3 dl Sunflower Oil
- 6 Eggs
- 400 g Grated Carrot
- 300 g Brown Sugar
- 350 g Selfraising Flour
- 3 tsp Speculaas Spices
- 100 g Walnuts
- 50 g Raisins I don't usually add these
- 3 tsp Baking Powder
- zest of half an orange
The topping
- 200 g Cream Cheese
- 50 g Soft Butter
- Juice of half a lemon
- 60 g Powdered Sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Mix eggs, sugar, sunflower oil until it’s a smooth mix.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix.
- Add orange zest and speculaas spices.
- Mix again.
- Add walnuts and raisins, fold it through the batter. Add carrot, also fold this in.
- Put the batter in a 23cm round pan.
- Bake in oven 60-70 minutes on 170 degrees Celsius.
Topping
- Mix cream cheese with juice of half a lemon and powdered sugar through the butter.
- Put on cooled down cake. Add some walnuts for decoration.
- Enjoy!