Carrot Cake With Lemon Icing

Submitted by Terese

"A colleague at work bought this cake in for his birthday that his wife was kind enough to make. This is one of the best carrot cake recipes I've tried, so good I asked for the recipe!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups finely grated carrots (usually about 1 large carrot)
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 eggs
• 3⁄4 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

• Lemon Icing

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon softened butter
• 3 -4 drops vanilla essence
• lemon peel

directions

1. Sift flour, carb soda, mixed spice, ginger and salt into a bowl. Add sugar, carrot and nuts. Make a well add eggs, oil and vanilla.
2. Beat well with a wooden spoon until thoroughly mixed.
3. Pour into a well greased ring tin/cake tin. Bake in a moderate oven for approximately 45-50 minutes.
4. Cool for a few minutes before turning out onto a cake cooler. Set aside.
5. When cold, ice the top of the cake with lemon icing, sprinkle with slivers of lemon peel. This cake will keep fresh and moist for about 1 week.

6. TO MAKE THE LEMON ICING:

7. Beat the icing sugar, lemon juice and softened butter well together. Add vanilla essence and if necessary adjust consistency with extra icing sugar or lemon juice.
8. Spread thickly onto cooled cake and top with lemon peel.

Reviews

[sam.govender]

I am certainly not a great baker by any standards but this cake was to die for!! Moist and easy to make. I will definitely recommend this receipe to all carrot cake lovers!

 

[Alyse L.]

BEST CARROT CAKE I'VE EVER MADE! Tasty, MOIST, easy, just straight up perfect. I substituted the nuts for half a cup of oats and the ginger for cinnamon because that's what I had in my pantry and it still turned out amazingly! 100% recommended :)