250 g Self raising flour; sieved
-(8oz)
2 ts Baking powder
150 g Soft brown sugar; (5oz)
100 g Mixed dried fruit; (31/2oz)
200 g Carrots; peeled and grated
; (7oz)
2 sm Bananas; mashed
150 ml Sunflower oil; (1/4 pint)
2 md Size eggs; beaten
1/2 200 g tub Creamery soft
-cheese
100 g Icing sugar; sieved (31/2oz)
1 Tube of Smarties
Preheat the oven to 180 C, 350 F, Gas Mark 4.
Cut a circle of greaseproof paper to fit in the base of a 20cm (8 inch)
loose based cake tin, then lightly grease the base and sides.
Mix together the flour, baking powder and soft brown sugar in a large bowl.
Add the dried fruit, grated carrot and bananas to the mixture.
Beat the oil into the eggs and pour into the bowl. Combine with a wooden
spoon.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 1 – 11/4 hours. Insert
a metal skewer into the cake, if it comes out clean, then the cake is
cooked. Cool on a wire rack.
Beat the soft cheese and icing sugar together.
When the cake is cold spread the icing over the top and decorate with
Smarties.
Yields
1 servings