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Ingredients

Makes
8
  • 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)

Ingredients for 8 servings (1.1 kg) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Frosting: Mix all ingredients together.

  2. 2

    Cake: Melt the butter and sugar together, then mix in the dry ingredients.

  3. 3

    Beat the egg and add it to the batter.

  4. 4

    Stir in raisins and nuts until everything is well combined.

  5. 5

    Bake at 180°C (355°F) for about 50 minutes in a greased tin with greaseproof paper on the bottom.

    Oven
  6. 6

    When cake has cooled, top with cream cheese frosting.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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