Hurray all the Christmas lights are in the shops again I get to go around knotting them all up wwwwwweee
Soon be sprouts n ice-cream day
How about a cake instead
Ingredients:
For the cake:
2 eggs
125g caster sugar
100ml vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
125g self raising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
125g carrots, grated
125g brussel sprouts, grated (You could use an electric mini-chopper)
35g walnuts, chopped
35g raisins or sultanas
25g desiccated coconut
For the frosting:
125g cream cheese (Philadelphia maybe)
250g icing sugar
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Walnut halves to decorate
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease and line a 20cm round tin or a 900g loaf tin. Shown made in a round tin but a loaf tin might be better.
- Beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla until well combined.
- Add the flour, cinnamon and ginger and beat for a few more minutes.
- Fold in the grated carrot, sprouts, walnuts, raisins and coconut.
- Spoon into the prepared tin and cook for approximately 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly.
- Leave to cool, in the tin, on a wire rack.
Now make the frosting:
- Beat the cream cheese until soft and then beat in the icing sugar.
- Add vanilla extract to taste.
- Spread the frosting over the top of the cake and finish off with some walnut halves.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
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