Carrot Cake I

Ingredients

Frosting

  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 50 g cream cheese or creamy cottage cheese
  • 25 g margarine or butter
  • 2.5 ml vanilla essence

Cake

  • 225 g flour
  • 225 g grated carrot
  • 150 g margarine or butter
  • 250 g brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • Raisins (optional)
  • Nuts (optional)
Carrot Cake I

Photo: Andy Li / Wikimedia Commons / CC0

Procedure

Frosting

  1. Mix all ingredients together.

Cake

  1. Melt the butter and sugar together, then mix in the dry ingredients.
  2. Beat the egg and add it to the batter.
  3. Stir in raisins and nuts until everything is well combined.
  4. Bake at 180°C (355°F) for about 50 minutes in a greased tin with greaseproof paper on the bottom.
  5. When cake has cooled, top with cream cheese frosting.