Carrot
Margaret's Carrot Cake
- Makes 1 cake
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- For the Cake
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2 cups
Flour (Wholewheat or half and half)
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4
Eggs
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1 1/4 cups
Oil
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4 teaspoons
Cinnamon
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2 cups
Sugar (white or brown)
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2 cups
Grated Carrots
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1
Can of Crushed Pineapple (with the juice drained)
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1 cup
Pecan or Walnuts
- For the Icing
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2 cups
Icing Sugar
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2 tablespoons
Smooth Cottage Cheese
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2 teaspoons
Soft Butter (NB)
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1 teaspoon
Vanilla Essence
Directions
- To Make the Cake:
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a big bowl.
- Beat the eggs well in a separate bowl. Add the oil to this bowl and continue to beat.
- Then add the pineapple and carrots to the same bowl and mix well.
- Now add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and then stir in the nuts.
- Pour the combined mixture into a greased baking pan or tube pan.
- Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for approximately 60 minutes.
- Once the cake is done allow it to cool, turn onto a flat surface and then cover it with icing.
- Once the icing has set, cut it into squares.
- For the Icing:
- Add the smooth cottage cheese (gradually), the butter and the vanilla essence to the icing sugar.
- Beat the mixture well.
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