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Delicious Carrot Cake Recipe
 I love carrot cake and this is a beautiful recipe. If I'm in a cafe I will always order carrot cake but I don't often make it at home, this is probably because I hate grating all those carrots! The grating attachment on my food processor doesn't grate them fine enough so I do it all by hand, which when you need 450g of grated carrots is no mean feat.  That being said this carrot cake was totally worth it and I highly recommend it, I might at some nuts next time but it is delicious without. I always grate my carrots onto a plate lined with paper towels and then pat with further paper towels to soak up some of the moisture. I have plenty of experience with dreaded soggy bottomed carrot cakes and do not wish to return to that dark place. Carrot Cake Recipe adapted from A Piece of Cake by Leila Lindholm Makes 1 two-layer cake For the cake: 3 organic eggs 270g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla paste 180g plain flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp mixed spice 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 pinch of salt 150ml sunflower oil 450g grated carrots 2 x 20cm cake tins Cream Cheese Frosting 65g unsalted butter, softened 240g icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla paste 100g cream cheese 1. Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/gas 2. Line the bases of your cake tins, butter and flour the tins tapping out any excess flour. 2. Beat together the eggs and the sugar until pale and fluffy, add the vanilla paste and beat until well combined. 3. Sift together the dry ingredients and blend into the egg mixture. 4. Stir in the oil and the carrots. 5. Divide the mixture between the two cake tins and bake in the centre of the preheated oven for about 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. 6. Leave the cake to cool. 8. Mix together the ingredients for the frosting, beating until creamy and smooth. 9. Once the cake is completely cool turn one of the layers upside down and frost the flat side, place the second cake layer flat side down on top of the frosted layer and spread the remaining icing on top.  I love carrot cake at Easter time and it's so easy to make your carrot cake more festive. I made this one a couple of years ago now and even though it's a little messy Bunny is super cute.  However you decide to decorate your carrot cake it is a brilliant cake to have around the house at Easter and it's good to get some veg in after all that chocolate.  x x x  related searches : Delicious
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