Carrot Cake

Name: Carrot Cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 300 g grated carrot; 2 cups brown sugar; 2 cups vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons mixed spices; 4 eggs; 3 cups flour; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Christine Siteyi @cook_9391262

A good way of incorporating surplus carrots into a cake

Christine Siteyi @cook_9391262

A good way of incorporating surplus carrots into a cake

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Ingredients

300 ggrated carrot
2 cupsbrown sugar
2 cupsvegetable oil
2 teaspoonsmixed spices
4eggs
3 cupsflour
2 1/2 teaspoonsbaking powder

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 180 degrees
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Grease the baking tin and dust with flour
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Mix the carrot and sugar and let sit for five minutes
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Add the eggs, one at a time and mix well
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Add oil and mix well
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Add the flour, spices and baking powder and mix well
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Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50 minutes
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Let it cool in the tin and then decorate it.
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To decorate
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200 gm cream cheese
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100 gm shortening
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100 gm margarine
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2 cups icing sugar
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Soften the shortening and margarine with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese, mix well, then add the icing sugar
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Mix until well combined and there are no lumps
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Cover your cake with the cream cheese