Carrot Cake Recipe at MyDish

Carrot Cake

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Method

  • Chop nuts in food processor. Remove and grate carrots.Add carrots to nuts in large mixing bowl.
  • Put oil and supgar into food processor and mix.Add eggs and mix.Briefly mix in cinnamon and Baking Soda. Add to the ingredients in large mixing bowl along with the drained pineapple and mix well.
  • NB If you have a large enough food processor you can mix all ingredients in that.
  • Put into two large greased and floured cake tins and bake in mod. oven 35-40 mins or until cake springs back at the touch or test with a skewer to see if cooked.

  • Icing.
  • Warm cream cheese and butter slightly and blend all ingredients together. Use some of the pinapple juice if too thick.
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    Ingredients

    • 4 Eggs
    • 2 cups Sugar (I use raw)
    • 1.5 cups Cold pressed cooking oil
    • 3 cups Carrots grated
    • 1 cup Peanuts well chopped
    • 2 cups Wholemeal Flour or half w/meal and half white
    • 2 tsp Cinnamon
    • 1 tsp Baking Soda
    • 8 oz can drained Crushed Pineapple
    • lots Icing
    • 2 oz Buter
    • 8 oz Cream Cheese
    • 1 1b Icing Sugar
    • 2 tsp Vanilla

    By Views 4519  Added Thu Jun 14 2007


    Family favourite great for parties or dessert as well as a regular one for the cake tins.

     

    This is a 30 year old New Zealand recipe which has been handed on to countless farmers wives because we always had to have the baking tis filled!!! and were regularly feeding hungry workers and children.It is so quick and easy to make is never fail a Read More

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