Carrot Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 large cake
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups grated carrots
- 2 1⁄2 cups plain flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup pecan nuts, roughly chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 cup desiccated coconut
directions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Beat the eggs and slowly add the sugar, beating continuously.
- Stir in the oil and then the carrots.
- Sieve together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the carrot mixture.
- Add the pecan nuts and mix well.
- Place mixture in a greased baking tin (23 cm diameter) and bake for 60-70 minutes or until done.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
- Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice and 1/4 cup coconut.
- Spread the mixture over the cooled carrot cake.
- Roast the remaining coconut for a few minutes in the oven until slightly coloured.
- Sprinkle over cake.
- Enjoy.
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Reviews
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I LOVE this cake. The cake itself was really good - moist and not too sweet - but what really made the cake was the frosting. I don't like cream cheese frosting, and the lemon-coconut frosting on this was excellent. Just enough sweetness, but not goopy. I toasted the coconut in a dry skillet, but other than that, went exactly by the recipe. I can't wait to buy more carrots. Thanks!
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My name is Del, 28 years old and have enjoyed cooking since childhood. I work as a scientist but have always dreamed of owning my own restaurant. I'm always trying out new recipes and the reeeaaaaalllly good ones I keep in a special file - maybe I'll be able to use them one day in a professional capacity. I'm absolutely useless at inventing new recipes and instead like to cook out of recipe books.