Carrot Walnut Cake Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 250 g of butter
  • 300 g of caster sugar
  • 2 tsps of vanilla essence
  • 5 eggs
  • 350 g of grated carrot
  • 120 g of chocolate chips
  • 120 g of chopped walnuts (toasted, chopped)
  • 150 g of pineapple (diced)

    • Sieved Ingredients

  • 250 g of superfine flour
  • 80 g of self-raising flour
  • 2 tsps of cinnamon powder

    • Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 150 g of cream cheese (at room temperature)
  • 70 g of butter
  • 70 g of icing sugar
  • 1 tsp of lemon juice
  • cocoa powder for dusting

    • Utensils

  • 9" square cake tin
  • Greaseproof paper

    • Method

    1. Line and grease a 9" square cake tin. Preheat oven at 180°C.
    2. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, vanilla essence and sugar on medium speed until creamy.
    3. Gradually add in eggs one at a time.
    4. Turn to low speed and add in carrot and sieved ingredients.
    5. Lastly fold in chocolate chips, walnuts and pineapple cubes.
    6. Pour batter into prepared tin and bake for 1 hour or until baked through.
    7. Remove cake from pan and leave to cool.
    8. Spread with cream cheese frosting and dust with cocoa powder.

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    1. Beat cheese, butter, sugar and juice until light and creamy.
    2. Spread on cooled cake. Dust with cocoa powder.

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