Recipe: Perfect Carrot Cake/Muffins

Carrot Cake/Muffins.

You can cook Carrot Cake/Muffins using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake/Muffins

1. It's 3 of eggs.
2. You need 250 ml of castor sugar.
3. It's 250 ml of cooking oil.
4. You need 500 ml of Snowflake Cake Wheat Flour.
5. It's 10 ml of Snowflake Baking Powder.
6. It's 3 ml of bicarbonate of soda.
7. It's 3 ml of salt.
8. You need 5 ml of ground cinnamon.
9. Prepare 3 ml of ground ginger.
10. It's 3 ml of ground cloves.
11. Prepare 500 ml of ( coarsely grated carrots.
12. Prepare 125 ml of pecan nuts, coarsely chopped (optional).
13. Prepare of For the icing.
14. Prepare 100 g of butter or margarine, softened.
15. It's 125 g of plain cream cheese.
16. Prepare 500 ml (250 g) of icing sugar, sifted.
17. You need 10 ml of fresh lemon juice.

Carrot Cake/Muffins step by step

1. Beat eggs and castor sugar together until light and creamy. Add oil and beat well..
2. Sift flour, baking powder, bicarb, salt and spices together. Add to creamed mixture and mix well..
3. Fold in grated carrots and nuts. Spoon mixture into a greased 23cm loose-bottom round cake pan or two greased 20cm round cake pans. A muffin tray may also be used for variety..
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 mins. Leave in the pan for a few mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely..
5. Icing: Combine all ingredients and mix until smooth. Spread icing onto cake..