Carrot Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

Makes 1
60 minutes
Difficulty Medium
12 Ingredients

I got the receipe from high school home eco class, and I have been making it ever since – the little marzipan carrots are easy enough for little people to help

Ingredients (makes 1 cake)

1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 Cups Grated Carrot
1 Cup Self Raising Flour
1/2 Cup Choppped Walnuts
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
125 grams Cream Cheese
2 tablespoons Icing sugar
lemon juice
marzipan and food colouring

Method

Set oven to 190C. Combine oil, eggs and butter. Add all other ingredients, mix well.
Bake in greased tin for 50 minutes. Allow to cool.
Beat cream cheese,icing sugar adding a little lemon juice at a time until smooth and creamy. Spread over cake
Roll out marzipan, form into little carrots and paint with food colouring.

58 Comments

- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Sep 2017
    7:38 am
Love the little carrot decorations on this carrot cake – too cute!

- - mom112217 said
  - 21 May 2016
    9:00 am
Carrot cake is a favourite,thanks for the recipe and hopefully it will look like yours!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    6:20 pm
Yum! I love carrot cake (and cream cheese icing)!

- - smart_ass said
  - 30 Apr 2015
    9:36 am
yum – this looks good

- - maureen3 said
  - 12 Nov 2014
    2:38 pm
Simple and easy worth a try

- - mom94125 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    10:11 pm
and thank you for sharing your wonderful recipe with all of the mums

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Oct 2014
    3:34 pm
this is yummy
a nice cake to make for when you are going to have guests

- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    2:39 pm
oh your carrot cake looks amazing, must try, thanks for sharing

- - cloverstorm said
  - 30 Jul 2014
    9:13 am
I used to make carrot cakes quite a bit when I was a child.
Will definitely be making this again.

- - linaianna said
  - 28 Jul 2014
    7:16 am
great cake thanks for sharing

- - dearest mom said
  - 26 Jul 2014
    6:47 am
thanks for sharing this delightful recipe looks delicious

- - lou3 said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    6:24 pm
Yum

- - lynzstevo said
  - 02 Jun 2014
    12:48 pm
Yum, this sounds amazing. I love cream cheese icing.
- mom93821 replied
  
  21 Sep 2017 , 8:11 am
  I could happily eat cream cheese frosting with a big spoon – just so wickedly yummy!
- - caramello said
  - 31 May 2014
    7:08 pm
looks good thanks for sharing

- - sarah_wardleworth said
  - 21 May 2014
    9:27 pm
Good read thanks for the information