This is a great carrot cake recipe that is easy to make. It calls for self-raising flour, carrots, walnuts and cinnamon - no other spices, pineapple, raisins, etc. The Cream cheese icing is also easy to make and really delicious. Feel free to reduce the amount of sugar in the cake if you prefer your cakes less sweet.
I really enjoyed making this and I thought it tasted amazing. I made it for Sunday lunch when some guests came over and they even took some home with them because they thought it was so lovely!!
SIMPLE CARROT CAKE RECIPE
Ingredients:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sunflower oil (any vegetable oil will do)
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 medium grated carrots
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
METHOD:
Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease the sides of a baking tin with margarine and dust with flour (i used a sufuria-pot). Tip the sugar into a large mixing bowl, pour in the oil and add the eggs. Lightly mix with a wooden spoon. Stir in the grated carrots and raisins
Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon in a separate bowl, then sift into the bowl with the egg/oil/sugar mixture. Lightly mix all the ingredients - when everything is evenly mixed, stop mixing. The mixture will be fairly soft and almost runny.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40-45 minutes. check for if it is done using a clean knife. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn it out and cool on a wire rack.
