Leaf Recipe Collection
Carrot Cake
Judged by our very own founder and Director Leon Mugavin, along with a panel of food experts, this recipe was voted Australia’s best carrot cake!
Hosted by Good Food the competition had the criteria to be original, unique and have undergone some adaption in the home kitchen, entries were received from all around Australia, and the world.
The entries were narrowed down to just eight classic cakes, and four others and the clear winner was this carrot cake from Angelique, a Melbourne girl now living in Sydney. The recipe originally came from South Africa, from her middle son’s godfather, a Cape Town restauranteur called Mano Coulentianos.
A foolproof recipe that is sure to impress, as it did the panel of food experts!
Note, cooking times may change as you take the cake out of the oven to pour over the glaze and put it back in the oven.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
CAKE
- 375 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking power
- 1 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 2 tsp salt
- 345 g caster sugar
- 375 ml vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 3 carrots
- 220 g Ceres Organic Pineapple Chunks drained & crushed
- 200 g Royal Nut Company Pecans
GLAZE
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 110 g brown sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 40 g Royal Nut Company Pecans chopped
ICING
- 250 g cream cheese room temp, cut into cubes
- 125 g unsalted butter room temp, cut into cubes
- 500 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a round cake tin and line with baking paper.
- Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and oil, then add to dry ingredients. Mix well, then add carrots, pineapple and pecans. Mix and pour into cake tin. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Quickly prepare glaze by placing all ingredients in a small saucepan and stirring until combined, carefully pour the glaze over the cake, place in the oven and bake for a further 40 minutes.
- Prepare frosting by whipping all ingredients together in a bowl. Put the cake, bottom side down on a plate and cover with frosting. Allow to set for several hours before serving.
- Enjoy!
