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" This is a rich carrot cake with sweet cream cheese icing. In my book this is a classic which never fails to impress. "

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American Carrot Cake

Added on Tue May 22 2007

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The Basics

• Dish: Baking
• cuisine: America
• Serves: 12
• Prep Time: 0hrs 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 1hrs 0 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups Self Raising Flour
• 1 oz Butter or Margarine
• ½ to 1 oz Almond Essence
• 6 oz Cream Cheese
• 8 oz Icing Sugar (sifted)
• 1 oz Butter or Margarine
• 1 cup Chopped Nuts (optional)
• 4 Eggs
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• ¾ cup Corn Oil
• 1 ¾ cups Caster Sugar
• 2 cups (approx. 0.5 lb) Grated Carrot
• 1 cup (approx. 420 gm tin) Crushed Pineapple
• 2 teaspoons Bicarbonate of Soda
• ½ - 1 oz Almond Essence

Method

The Cake
Mix all ingredients of cake together well and bake in moderate oven 180 degrees centigrade (gasmark 4 or 350 degrees F) in a large lined tin for approxomately 1 hour. Leave to cool in the tin.

The Icing
Beat cheese and butter together until well blended, gradually mixing in the essence and icing sugar. Cover top and sides with icing and chill until required for eating.