I realise there's a zillion carrot cake recipes, but this cake is nice as well ... with a cuppa.

1 1/2 cups S/R flour
2/3 cup raw sugar
1 cup light olive oil
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 carrot, peeled and grated
Icing:
125gr cream cheese
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/4 cup chopped walnuts * I use crumbed walnuts

In a bowl, mix together oil, sugar and eggs.
Add in flour and cinnamon, then fold through the grated carrot.

Place mixture into a lined loaf pan.
Bake 180 degrees fan forced oven for 45 minutes, or until cooked through.
Cool in tin for 10 minutes, before placing on a cooling rack.
When cake is cool, use electric beater to mix cream cheese and icing sugar. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.

 

[Suzy Q]

Is it a moist cake, nothing worse than a dry cake then you really need that cuppa.

 

[Penny4]

Is it a moist cake, nothing worse than a dry cake then you really need that cuppa.

I think it is. With the yummy icing.

 

[Irene Anthony]

I normally buy my carrot cake but this recipe is easy enough to try - thank you for sharing

 

[Penny4]

I normally buy my carrot cake but this recipe is easy enough to try - thank you for sharing

I usually bake easy ones.
The reason I have an abundance of muffin and cake recipes is because I never buy them. Being lactose intolerant, bought ones always contain dairy.
For this recipe, I can change with lactose free cream cheese.

 

[JJ1942]

Are you sure the oven temperature is correct? 180F is only 82C, which seems very low.

 

[Penny4]

Are you sure the oven temperature is correct? 180F is only 82C, which seems very low.

Yes, 180 degrees for a fan forced oven. If not fan forced, it will be 200 degrees. I should have made it clearer that FF isn't fahrenheit.

 

[JJ1942]

Yes, 180 degrees for a fan forced oven. If not fan forced, it will be 200 degrees. I should have made it clearer that FF isn't fahrenheit.

Thanks, that makes much more sense. Apologies that I didn't realise what FF meant

 

[Penny4]

Thanks, that makes much more sense. Apologies that I didn't realise what FF meant

That's okay ... next time I will write it properly. Will change it now.

 

[Ezzy]

Is it a moist cake, nothing worse than a dry cake then you really need that cuppa.

I have a friend at our mosaic group who makes a cake every week for us. When l commented recently on how moist these always are she said, 'l only cook them for 40 minutes & not 45 minutes so they won't dry out.' l haven't tried this length of time myself but l do know her cakes are always moist.