Cakes Recipes - Clare's American Carrot Cake Recipe

  
 

Cakes Recipes - Clare's American Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  • 250ml corn oil

  • 175g granulated sugar

  • 3 eggs

  • 175 plain flour

  • 7.5 baking powder

  • 7.5 bicarbonate of soda

  • 1.5ml salt

  • 7.5ml ground cinnamon

  • good pinch of grated nutmeg

  • 1.5ml ground ginger

  • 115g chopped walnuts

  • 225g finely grated carrots

  • 5ml vanilla essence

  • 30ml soured cream

  • 8 tiny marzipan carrots, to decorate

  • For the frosting

  • 175g full fat soft cheese

  • 25g butter, softened

  • 225g icing sugar, sifted

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350'F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in loose-based round cake tins.

  2. Put the corn oil and sugar into a bowl and beat well. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat thoroughly. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger into the bowl and beat well. Fold in the chopped walnuts and grated carrots and stir in the vanilla essence and soured cream.

  3. Divide the mixture between the cake tins and bake in the centre of the oven for about 65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tins on a wire rack. Meanwhile, beat all the frosting ingredients together until smooth.

  4. Sandwich the cakes together with a little frosting. Spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides of the cake. Just before serving, decorate with the marzipan carrots.