3 c Flour
1 tb Cinnamon
1 tb Bi-carbonate of soda
1/2 ts Salt
3 c Caster sugar
1 1/2 c Canola oil
4 Eggs
1 tb Essence
1 1/2 c Walnuts; chopped
1 1/2 c Desiccated coconut
1 1/3 c Cook and pureed carrots
3/4 c Drained crushed pineapple
CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING
1 250 gram pkt cream cheese
100 g Unsalted butter
3 c Icing sugar
1 ts Canilla essence
1/2 Lemon; juice of
1. Pre-heat oven to 180deg.C. Line two 23cm round cake tins with Glad
Bake. (see note)
2. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat
well. Fold in walnuts, coconuts, carrot puree and pineapple.
3. Pour batter into prepared tins (if any mixture is left over, cook
in muffin tins). Bake for 30-35 minutes, until edges have pulled away
from side of tin and a wooden skewer inserted in centre comes out
clean.
4. Cool on cake rack for 3 hours. Fill cake and cover sides with
Cream-Cheese Frosting.
Cream-Cheese Frosting:
1. Cream together cream cheese and butter. Slowly sift icing sugar and
continue beating until fully incorporated. Stir in vanilla and lemon
juice.
Note: Because this recipe makes a large mixture, it is also good to
make in muffin tins.
This recipe is taken from “The Silver Palate Cookbook” by Julee Rosso
and Sheila Lukins, published by Doubleday.
Yields
1 servings