New Zealand Moist Carrot cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 250g (9 oz) plain wholemeal flour
- 175g (6 oz) raw sugar (muscovado or Barbados)
- 175g (6 oz) soft brown sugar
- 3 x size three eggs
- 175ml (6 fl oz) sunflower oil
- 55ml (2 fl oz) soured cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla essence
- Approx. 1 teaspoon freshly-grated nutmeg
- 2 level teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 300g (11 oz) grated carrots
- 75g (3 oz) desiccated coconut
For the topping
- 110g 4 oz) full fat soft cream cheese
- 50g (2 oz) unsalted butter
- 50g (2 oz) sifted icing sugar
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
Method
- STEP 1Pre-heat over to gas mark 2, 150 C (300 F). You will need one 20cm (8 inch) round cake tin (lined with greaseproof paper) and two mixing bowls.
- STEP 2In the first mixing bowl you place: eggs, oil, vanilla essence, soured cream. Next sieve the sugars into it as well (to avoid lumps).
- STEP 3Into the second bowl you sift the: flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, soda, salt.
- STEP 4Beat the wet ingredients and the sugars together, then fold in the dry ingredients, followed by the carrots and coconut. Mix well to distribute everything evenly, then spoon into the cake tin and bake on the centre shelf for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- STEP 5When the cake is cool mix the topping ingredients together and spread thickly all over the top . As an option you can slice the cake in half and spread some of the 'topping' in between the two halves.
