Carrot Cake

As requested here is the recipe for that lovely Carrot cake.

Ingredients for 12 slices.

For the cake:
2 medium carrots
2 large eggs
175ml sunflower oil
200g sugar
100g chopped nuts and/or fruit
200g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon of salt

For the topping:
50g icing sugar
200g full fat cream cheese
Lemon juice
Vanilla Essence
Walnuts and/or fruit to decorate

1. Heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a rectangular tin with a bit of oil.

2. Wash the carrots and grate them.

3. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork.

4. Put sunflower oil and sugar into a bowl and beat them with a wooden spoon

5. Add the beaten eggs to the sugar and oil, a little bit at a time and beat the mixture well each time.

6. Stir in the grated carrots and the chopped nuts or fruit.

7. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt over the mixture. Gently fold everything together with a spoon.

8. Pour the mixture into the tray and bake for 45 minutes.

9. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and mix with the cream cheese, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat well.

10. Take the cake out, leave it to cool for 10 minutes. Spread the topping over the cake and decorate however you like.

Hope you enjoy. I have taken the original recipe from the Usborne Cookbook for Children which also explain s in detail what all the cooking words mean. Mum or Dad could buy it here if you are a keen cook. Tell them that Amazon offer free delivery to Spain on orders over £25.