Ultimate Carrot Cake

1 Hour

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  • 250 g / 2 cups Supreme Cake Wheat Flour
  • 10 ml / 2 teaspoons Bicarbonate of soda
  • 10 ml Supreme Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 15 ml / 1 tablespoon Ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1¼ cup Oil
  • 1 cup Selati White sugar
  • 1 cup Packed brown sugar
  • 10 ml Vanilla essence
  • 3 cups Grated carrots
  • 1 cup Raisins
  • 1 cup Chopped pecans or walnuts

Cream Cheese Icing:

  • 250 g Cream cheese, softened
  • 115 g Butter, softened
  • 2 cups Selati Icing sugar
  • 5 ml / 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Cooking Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 170°C and lightly grease and flour two 22cm baking pans.
  2. In a large bowl, combine oil, Selati sugar, vanilla and eggs and blend well with a mixer.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together the Supreme flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Gradually add flour mixture to the sugar and egg mixture and mix well.
  5. Stir in grated carrots and add nuts and raisins. Pour into prepared pans.
  6. Bake for 40 – 45 minutes or until a fork comes out clean.
  7. Cool after taking out of oven.

For the icing: 

  1. Blend together cream cheese and butter until creamy.
  2. Gradually add the Selat icing sugar, then vanilla and beat for about a minute.
  3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat again.
  4. Spread over the cooled cake.