rosetta's carrot cake

This recipe comes from the lovely Rosetta. Rosetta has the baking mojo - buckets and buckets of it - and this is one of our favourite cakes. In fact, we think it's the best carrot cake ever.

2 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
3/4 cup light oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups grated carrot
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Frosting:
30g butter
60g cream cheese
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp lemon rind

Preheat oven to 175 Celsius and line cake tin with baking paper.

Combine eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla essence. Stir in sifted four, baking soda, mixed spice and salt. Then mix in carrot and walnuts until just combined. Pour mixture in to lined cake tin.

Cook for 45-50 mins.

Let cake cool completely before adding the frosting.

This recipe is also great made a day ahead, just make sure you store it (without frosting) in an airtight container. I leave it out of the fridge because that tends to dry it out a bit.

Yesterday's afternoon tea - cinnamon pecan scrolls, Rosetta's carrot
cake,  apple crumble muffins and blueberry cheesecake (not shown).

 

Comments

[Sam]

Looks delicious. Carrot is my favorite cake.

[jone]

YUM! when can I come for tea? xo

[sam]

Hi Sam, thanks for stopping by! If carrot cake is your favourite, you have to give this one a try - let me know how it goes if you do!

[sam]

Jone, you are welcome for tea as soon as you arrange a trip over to Sweden to visit Becky and I : )

[sarah]

hi sam
i am definately going to give this a go - carrot cake is a big fave in our house, you have reminded me to dig out a recipe for beetroot brownies!

[sam]

Hi Sarah, I would LOVE the recipe for the beetroot brownies if you find it!

[kristina]

How can I resist the best carrot cake ever? And how can I finagle an invitation to afternoon tea at your house? Mmm! K x

[sam]

Finagling an invitation to afternoon tea is easy! Just let us know when you'll next be in Malmö : )