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Carrot Cake I

Carrot Cake I — a cake recipe, 14 ingredients.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nuts

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 100 g icing sugar
  • 50 g cream cheese or creamy cottage cheese
  • 25 g margarine or butter
  • 2.5 ml vanilla essence
  • 225 g flour
  • 225 g grated carrot
  • 150 g margarine or butter
  • 250 g brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • Raisins (optional)
  • Nuts (optional)
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 50 g cream cheese or creamy cottage cheese → lactose-free cream cheese
  • 25 g margarine or butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 150 g margarine or butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Mix all ingredients together.
  2. Melt the butter and sugar together, then mix in the dry ingredients.
  3. Beat the egg and add it to the batter.
  4. Stir in raisins and nuts until everything is well combined.
  5. Bake at 180°C (355°F) for about 50 minutes in a greased tin with greaseproof paper on the bottom.
  6. When cake has cooled, top with cream cheese frosting.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0