HENNIE’S CARROT CAKE - Food Lovers Recipes

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HENNIE’S CARROT CAKE

Ingredients:
500g Grated Carrots
150g Finely chopped Pecan Nuts
10ml Bicarbonate of soda
5ml Salt
10ml Cinnamon
400g Cake Flour
10ml Mix Spice
6 Jumbo Eggs
450g Sugar
15ml Vanilla Essence
375ml Sunflower Oil

Method:
Step 1
Mix the Eggs , Sugar and vanilla until Lite, add all the dry ingredience and mix well. Mix the oil in slowly. Fold in the grated Carrots And Chopped Peacon Nuts.
Devide the mixture into two 230mm round baking tins.
Bake at 180*C for 50 min. ( Test with needle ) Put on cake racks to cool before icing.

Step 2 ( Cream Cheese Topping )
Mix together 125 g Butter , a 250g block plain cream cheese(Spar or Philadelphia brand), 3ml Vanilla essence , 325g icing sugar, and the juice and zest of one lemon . Mix until smooth. Set aside, and use inbetween cake layers, and topping.

**** sprinkle some chopped pecan nuts over topping
BRON- Hennie Botha