Sour Cream Carrot Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 cup self raising flour
    1/2 cup plain flour
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1 teaspoon nutmeg
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 1/2 cups carrots, grated
    1/2 cup oil
    2 eggs, lightly beaten
    1/2 cup sour cream
    Icing:
    60 g cream cheese, softened
    30 g butter, softened
    1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated
    1 1/2 cups icing sugar
Preparation
    Grease a 20cm ring tin, line the base with paper; grease paper.
    Sift flours, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into a bowl, stir in sugar and carrot. Combine oil, eggs and sour cream and stir into flour mix.
    Pour mixture into ring tin, bake in a moderately slow oven about 50 minutes.
    Turn on to rack to cool.
    When cold spread with icing and decorate with walnut halves.
    CREAM CHEESE ICING:- Beat cheese, butter and lemon rind in a small bowl until light and fluffy, gradually beat in sifted icing sugar; beat until combined.
    ** I don't bother icing this, good one.

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