Carrot Cake/Muffins

Name: Carrot Cake/Muffins
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 250 ml castor sugar; 250 ml cooking oil; 500 ml Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour; 10 ml Snowflake Baking Powder; 3 ml bicarbonate of soda; 3 ml salt; 5 ml ground cinnamon; 3 ml ground ginger; 3 ml ground cloves; 500 ml ( coarsely grated carrots; 125 ml pecan nuts, coarsely chopped (optional); For the icing; 100 g butter or margarine, softened; 125 g plain cream cheese; 500 ml (250 g) icing sugar, sifted; 10 ml fresh lemon juice

Lungelo Mkhari @cook_9294944

An all time favourite that some prefer with with Pineapple, Pecan nuts or Rasins.

Lungelo Mkhari @cook_9294944

An all time favourite that some prefer with with Pineapple, Pecan nuts or Rasins.

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Ingredients

3eggs
250 mlcastor sugar
250 mlcooking oil
500 mlSnowflake Cake Wheat Flour
10 mlSnowflake Baking Powder
3 mlbicarbonate of soda
3 mlsalt
5 mlground cinnamon
3 mlground ginger
3 mlground cloves
500 ml( coarsely grated carrots
125 mlpecan nuts, coarsely chopped (optional)
For the icing
100 gbutter or margarine, softened
125 gplain cream cheese
500 ml (250 g)icing sugar, sifted
10 mlfresh lemon juice

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Steps

1

Beat eggs and castor sugar together until light and creamy. Add oil and beat well.
2

Sift flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt and spices together. Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
3

Fold in grated carrots and nuts. Spoon mixture into a greased 23cm loose-bottom round cake pan or two greased 20cm round cake pans. A muffin tray may also be used for variety.
4

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 mins. Leave in the pan for a few mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
5

Icing: Combine all ingredients and mix until smooth. Spread icing onto cake.