====== Carrot Cake ======
===== Ingredients =====
  * 1 cup  Oil
  * 1 ⅓ cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
  * 3 Eggs
  * 3 cups Coarsely grated carrot
  * 1 cup Chopped walnuts
  * ½ cup Chopped raisins
  * 2 ½ cups SR flour
  * ½ teas Bicarb soda
  * 2 teas Mixed spice

==== Cream cheese frosting ====
  * 80g pkt Cream cheese softened
  * 1 teas Grated lemon rind
  * 1 tab Lemon juice
  * 1 ½ cups Icing sugar
  * Taste Butter, if desired

===== Procedure =====
Grease 15cm by 25cm load pan, line base with greaseproof paper. Beat oil, sugar & eggs in small bowl with electric mixer until thick & creamy. Transfer mixture to large bowl, stir in carrot, nuts & raisins, then sifted dry ingredients. Pour mixture into prepared pans, bake in moderate oven 45 minutes. Cover loosely with foil, bake about 45 minutes. Stand a few minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool. Top cold cake with cream cheese frosting.
==== Cream cheese frosting ====

Beat butter, cheese, rind & juice in small bowl with electric mixer, beat until light & fluffy; gradually beat in sifted icing sugar.


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