
Chocolate Carrot Cake
This comes from a little book ,The Hawthorn Series: Muffins,Scones&Teacakes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup self raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
pinch mixed spice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup sheredded coconut
3 eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
125 gr milk chocolate,melted
3 cups shredded carrot
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
pinch mixed spice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup sheredded coconut
3 eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
125 gr milk chocolate,melted
3 cups shredded carrot
Sift flour, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg and mixed spice into a large bowl.
Mix in walnuts, raisins and coconut.
Whisk together eggs, brown sugar and oil until smooth. Beat in the melted chocolate.
Fold in carrots. Fold into flour mixture.
Pour into a greased and lined 23×32 cm tin.Bake in a moderately slow oven (160C) for 45 minutes or until cooked.
Cool for 15 minutes and remove from tin.
Whisk together eggs, brown sugar and oil until smooth. Beat in the melted chocolate.
Fold in carrots. Fold into flour mixture.
Pour into a greased and lined 23×32 cm tin.Bake in a moderately slow oven (160C) for 45 minutes or until cooked.
Cool for 15 minutes and remove from tin.
Optional Icing:
250 gr cream cheese
125 milk chocolate,melted
2 cups icing sugar,sifted carrot slivers to decorate
To prepare Icing,beat cream cheese until smooth.Blend in chocolate and icing sugar.
Chill until cake is cold. Spread over cake.
Decorate with carrot slivers.Cut cake into squares and serve


8 comentarii
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Mitinita
Thank you Dave,I’ll give it a look and post some of my favs later.Thanks for the interest in my blog.
gaby_d
Ce frumos arata!!
Mitinita
Multumesc Gaby…sa incerci si tu carrot cake,sa vezi ce bun e! Am facut de curand cheesecakeul japonez,sa vedem cand oi apuca sa postez reteta. weekend placut
Cristina
Intai am vazut prajitura cu zmeura, apoi asta si acum vreau neaparat ceva dulce! Arata ff bine!
Mitinita
daca arunci dupa mine cu gomboturi cu caise eu dau si camasa de pe mine!
Sister
Arata fffff delicios,am sa incerc si eu aceasta reteta.
Mitinita
il recomand,sper sa iti placa si tie.