It's been way too long since I put in something useful for our blog so here goes the recipe for the cake I made for Ram's b'day. I basically hunted for a not-too-complicated recipe that was reasonably healthy too (Ram's big eating healthy at the moment) so found this recipe which, with a few changes, came out yummy! :)
Cake:
2 cups granulated sugar (i used raw sugar)
11/3 cups veggie oil (i used olive)
3 XL eggs
1tsp vanilla
21/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional, i didn't have any so didn't add any but tasted just fine)
2tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup grated carrots
1/2 cup finely diced fresh pineapple (guess you can try crushed tinned too?)
Frosting:
50-60g cream cheese (i used fat-free, used half of a 113g pot) at room temperature
200g unsalted butter at room temperature
1tsp vanilla
some finely diced pineapple (optional)
confectioners sugar (i added according to taste)
Directions:
- Butter up and set aside 2 x 8inch round cake tins, preheat oven to 300F
- Beat sugar, oil, eggs in a bowl till light yellow and add vanilla essence
- In a separate bowl, mix 21/2 cups flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt
- Add these dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches
- Toss walnuts in a tablespoon of flour
- Fold in carrots and pineapple
- Add walnuts to the batter and mix well
- Divide the batter into the two pans, bake for 60min
Frosting
- Mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla until just combined.
- Add sugar and pineapple and mix till smooth
I used the frosting to layer the cake as well as as the final topping. Overall, it came out pretty yummy and didnt' taste overly sweet or anything.
:)
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