Rich carrot cake

Name: Rich carrot cake
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1/2-1 cup sugar (dependent on your sweet tooth); 2 cups grated carrots; 3 eggs; 1 cup sour milk, put 1 tsp lemon juice; 2 tsp vanilla; 1 cup oil; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 tsp mixed spices; 1/2 cup raisings; 1/8 cup Mixed peel; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking power; 1 tsp baking soda

Sue Muchina @cook_10071376

Carrot cake is such a simple cake to make. You can tweak the spices as you choose.

Sue Muchina @cook_10071376

Carrot cake is such a simple cake to make. You can tweak the spices as you choose.

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Ingredients

2 cupsflour
1/2-1 cupsugar (dependent on your sweet tooth)
2 cupsgrated carrots
3eggs
1 cupsour milk, put 1 tsp lemon juice
2 tspvanilla
1 cupoil
1 tspcinnamon
2 tspmixed spices
1/2 cupraisings
1/8 cupMixed peel
1 tspsalt
1 tspbaking power
1 tspbaking soda

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Steps

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Grease & align baking tin with parchment paper
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Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices & salt
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Combine well the sour milk, eggs & oil. Add vanilla. Set aside
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Mix carrots with sugar
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Add the wet ingredients to the carrot mixture
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Add in the flour mixture & add the fruits
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Put in the baking tin
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Bake in the middle rack at 180 degrees. 45 -50 mins or until ready(put in a toothpick in the middle of the Cake. If baked the toothpick comes out clean. Also you can tell when you see the sides of the cake pulling away from the tin. However, ensure you don't overbake)
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Finally you can add frosting (cream) to your cake or dust some icing sugar over it or simply eat as it is. For the baking tin, you can also choose to bake in a bread tin. Below is my frosted cake
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