Marie made this for dessert in Auckland once. I like carrot cake but this was great. The recipe is for an 8″ (20cm) tin, but for a 10″ (25cm) tin you just need to double the recipe.
Ingredients
Method
Instructions for the cake
- Sift flour, soda and spices into bowl.
- Stir in sugar, carrot, sultanas, nuts and ginger.
- Stir in combined oil and eggs.
- Mix well.
- Pour into 8" cake pan.
- Bake in moderate slow oven (150 - 160º C) for approximately 1 hour.
- Stand 5 mins.
Instructions for the icing
- Warm cream cheese slightly in the microwave to soften the cream cheese
- Add sifted icing sugar until it tastes right
- Spread icing over cake
Optional topping
- Spread walnuts over top of icing if you're using them
- Happy cooking