Description: Lovely old recipe, it's been in our family for a fair few years. Probably one of the first 'proper cakes I ever made.
Date Added:
October 11, 2009
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Rach
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Ingredients:
8 oz soft brown sugar
5 floz vegetable oil
2 large eggs
5 oz self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
6 oz grated carrot
Directions:
Grease and line a 8” square cake tin.
Pre-heat oven to 160°C / 325°F / Gas 3
In a large mixing bowl, gradually beat the oil in to the sugar with an electric mixer.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
Sift in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and fold in with a metal spoon.
Add the grated carrot and mix in well.
Pour in to the prepared tin and bake for 1 hour, turning half way through cooking.
Cool for 10 minutes in the tin then turn on to wire rack and let cool completely.
Top the cooled cake with cream cheese frosting and walnut halves.
