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Carrot Cake

Course Desserts & Sweets
Prep. Time 15 mins
Cooking Time 1 hr, 15 mins
Yields 8 servings

Preparation
Nutritional Info
Comments (2)

Preparation

What You Need

4 eggs

2 cups (500 ml) sugar

1/2 cup (125 ml) softened butter

2 cups (500 ml) finely grated carrots

2 cups (500 ml) drained crushed pineapple

1 cup (250 ml) finely chopped nuts

3 cups (750 ml) all-purpose flour

1 tbsp (15 ml) baking powder

2 tsp (10 ml) baking soda

1 tsp (5 ml) salt

1 tsp (5 ml) cinnamon

Cream Cheese Icing:

1/4 cup (50 ml) butter

8 oz (250 g) 1 pkg Canadian Cream cheese

1 tbsp (15 ml) milk

2 tbsp (30 ml) vanilla

1 lb (500 g) icing sugar

1 carrot, finely grated

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).

In large bowl, beat 5 first ingredients until combined well. Add remaining ingredients and whip with electric mixer.

Pour into buttered 9 inch (23 cm) cake pan. Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.

Spread icing over cooled cake and sprinkle with grated carrot.

Cream Cheese Icing:
Soften butter in microwave oven and combine with Canadian Cream cheese and all other ingredients but grated carrot. Mix well with fork until smooth. Reserve grated carrot for cake garnish.

Tips

This cake can be frozen.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 1056 Calories
Protein: 13 g
Carbohydrate: 166 g
Fat: 40 g
Calcium: 11 % / 119 mg

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W Cornforth
January 10th, 2010

The cake is fine with Canadian ingredients but the icing tastes much better when I made it in the UK with British cream cheese - it was not a one off, I've made the icing many times (I was there for 2 months last year). I think there are problems with the dairy products here in Ontario. I think all of us would benefit if we abolished supply management.
W Cornforth
January 10th, 2010

The cake is fine with Canadian ingredients but the icing tastes much better when I made it in the UK with British sour cream - it was not a one off, I've made the icing many times (I was there for 2 months last year). I think there are problems with the dairy products here in Ontario. I think all of us would benefit if we abolished supply management.