Carrot Cake Recipe with sugar, cream & cheese

Carrot Cake

I thought I'd take the opportunity to take a break from chocolate, and get back to healthier things, like carrots or Carrot Cake in particular! Okay! I admit it! (I obviously crack easily under stress) While the Carrot cake gave the impression of a healthy wholesome, it was still 90% cake and only about 10% vegetable. You'll be surprised that 1 cup of grated carrots turns out to be just 2 carrots, so there aren't that many carrots. But I am more inclined to believe that the fact that you use carrots means that you have them in your home and therefore you are more likely to eat them! That's positive!

Carrots are packed with Beta-carotene! (Makes it orange) And it turns out that just one carrot can give you enough Beta-carotene to convert into Vitamin A throughout the day, which is important for healthy skin. Yes and Carrots are also one of those rare vegetables that cook better, because cooked carrots are better absorbed by the body than raw carrots! (This cake idea is starting to sound healthier!) So, if you're the kind of person who doesn't like raw carrots, then Carrot Cake could be the answer to your problem! Carrot goodness without raw!

Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing
Material:
2 cups self-raising flour,
cup chopped walnuts,
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda,
1 cup raw sugar,
1 teaspoon nutmeg,
teaspoon salt,
2 eggs,
1 cup grated carrot,
225 grams reduced cream, cup vegetable oil (as peanuts, sunflowers)

Cream cheese icing:
220 grams cream cheese,
1/3 cup sifted icing sugar,
1 tablespoon lemon juice.

Steps To make Carrot Cake:
Steps 1.
Preheat oven to medium heat, 180 degrees Celsius.
Steps 2.
Line the bottom of a 20 cm round baking sheet with parchment paper and grease the edges.
Steps 3.
Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda, nutmeg, and salt into a large bowl.
Steps 4.
Then stir through the sugar, walnuts and grated carrots.
Steps 5.
In a small bowl beat the eggs, oil and cream, then add these to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Steps 6.
Pour into the pre-prepared round pan and bake for about 1 hour or until the skewer through the center is clean.
Steps 7.
Set aside to cool.

How to Make Icing:
Beat cream cheese, sifted icing sugar, lemon juice using an electric whisk until smooth. Then freeze the cake, once it has cooled.

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