Sour Cream Carrot Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 cup self-raising flour
    1/2 cup plain flour
    1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 1/2 cups grated carrots (about 2 large carrots)
    1/2 cup oil (I used vegetable)
    2 eggs, lightly beaten
    1/2 cup sour cream
    Cream Cheese Frosting
    60 g packaged cream cheese, softened
    30 g soft butter
    1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
    1 1/2 cups icing sugar
    Topping
    6 walnut halves (or more)
Preparation
    Grease a 20cm ring pan, line base with paper; grease paper.
    Sift flours, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into bowl; stir in sugar and carrot.
    Combine oil, eggs and sour cream;stir into flour mixture.
    Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderately slow oven for 50 minutes (mine took 30 in the aga - so watch it closely).
    Turn onto wire rack to cool.
    When cold, spread with frosting; decorate with walnut halves.
    Cream Cheese Frosting:
    Beat cream cheese, butter and lemon rind in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, gradually beat in sifted icing sugar; beat until combined.

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