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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

By Stork
Indulge in this delicious classic cake.
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Time and servings

Total time
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Prep time
Cooking time

Ingredients

13 total
  • 60 g of brown sugar
  • 200 g of plain flour
  • 10 g of baking powder
  • 250 g of cream cheese
  • 100 g of stork, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp of honey
  • 50 ml of semi-skimmed milk
  • 1 egg
  • 200 g of grated carrots
  • 50 g of chopped walnuts
  • 120 g of icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp of lemon juice, and 1 tbsp of lemon zest
  • 2 tsp of cinnamon

Method

5 steps
  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C.

  2. Step 2

    In a bowl mix the Stork with brown sugar and honey with a spoon or mixer for 5-8 minutes (it takes longer if you use a spoon). Stir in the milk, egg, cinnamon and vanilla and mix well.

  3. Step 3

    Sieve the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt over the bowl and fold into the batter. Fold the grated carrots and the chopped walnuts into the batter. Spoon the batter into a prepared tin.

  4. Step 4

    Bake in the oven for 40 minutes until cooked. Leave to rest for 2 minutes before tipping the cake out onto a wire rack to cool.

  5. Step 5

    In a bowl, mix the icing sugar with the cream cheese. Then add the lemon juice. Once the cake is cool, spoon the icing mixture over the top.