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STEPS
INGREDIENTS
Spray loaf tin with oil spray
Line with grease proof paper
Grate your carrots
Until you get 300g
Scale 250g walnuts
Chop them bad boys up
Add to your grated carrots
Get your flour
Place in fine sieve
Add cinnamon
Add baking powder
Add salt
Sieve and set aside
Add two whole eggs to your mixer
Add 3/4 cup oil to eggs
And the other bit
Add 1tsp vanilla essence
Scale your sugar
Add your sugar
Add whisk attachment to mixer
And mix
Until like this
Change to paddle attachment
Add flour mix
Until it's like this then add walnuts and carrots
Like this
Like this
Give it a wee turn to make sure you have all the bits from the bottom mixed in
If the batter tastes good the cake will taste good!
Get your tin ready
Add to tin
Level the top out
Bake on 180C for 1hr 15min. Turn around half way through. Turn oven down a little if the cake is colouring too fast
Time for the lemon icing. Scale icing sugar
Sieve into stand mixer bowl
Scale butter
Scale cream cheese
Add butter
Mix until all mixed in
Zest one lemon
Chop up cream cheese
Add to icing sugar, butter mix
Add lemon
Until it's lovely like this
Ta da!
Remove cake from oven and allow to cool for a couple of hours
When cool top with lemon icing
Like this, keep any extra in the fridge
Top with chopped walnuts
And there you have it lovely moist carrot and walnut cake with lemon icing