Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Description
Simple carrot and walnut cake with a delicious cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
For the cake
For the frosting
Instructions
For the cake
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Pre-heat the oven to 170 c / 325 f and grease and line 2 x 20 cm tins
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Add the lemon juice to the milk to sour it. (Alternatively you could use buttermilk).
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Add the orange juice to the milk also.
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Place the sugar, eggs, soured milk, oil and vanilla extract in a free-standing mixer and beat to combine.
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In a separate bowl combine the flour, bicarb, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
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Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and continue to beat until smooth.
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Add the grated carrots and chopped walnuts then stir by hand to distribute evenly.
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Pour into the two tins and level the mixture
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Place in the preheated oven for about 40 min or until a cake tester / knife comes out clean.
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Turn out onto racks to cool
For the frosting
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In a free-standing mixer beat the icing sugar and butter together until combined.
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Add the cream cheese and beat at a medium speed for about 5 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy. Be careful not to over beat the frosting or the cream cheese will split and become runny.
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Use a palate knife to spread the frosting evenly and add extra chopped walnuts on top for decoration