Easy Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted by saharanz

"Throw everything in a bowl, mix and cook. Couldn't be easier. Comes from an old recipe book of mums."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 250 ml vegetable oil
• 165 g caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups grated carrots (about 4 medium carrots)
• 90 g chopped walnuts
• 225 g self raising flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• frosting
• 125 g cream cheese
• 30 g soft butter
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 240 g icing sugar

directions

1. Grease 15cm x 25cm loaf pan or 24cm round cake tin.
2. Combine ingredients in a large bowl, stir well. Pour mixture into pan.
3. Bake in moderate (180C) oven ~1 hour.
4. Stand cake 5 minutes, turn onto wire rack to cool.
5. Frosting.
6. Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon until light and fluffy, gradually beat in icing sugar.
7. Spread cake with frosting.