Recipe: Brats Carrot Cake

Recipe: Brats Carrot Cake 

Ingredients

• Carrot Cake
• 2 Cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 Cups oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 ¾ Cups flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp mixed spice (or 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2tsp apple/pumpkin pie spices
• 14oz carrots (grated)
• 1/2 cup raisins
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 2½ cups powdered sugar
• 1 lb or 2 8oz package cream cheese, at room temperature
• ½ cup or 4oz unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Whisk together sugar, eggs and oil until thick.
2. Then add in flour and cinnamon and mix.
3. add in the grated carrots and raisins and mix in with a spatula until well combined.
4. Grease and line a 9” tin. You can also use this recipe to make 1 (8x11 pan)
5. Pour mixture into tins and place in the oven at 340oF for 70- 80 minutes (or apprx 60mins for one glass 8x11pan ...or until a skewer comes out clean).
6. Leave to cool in tins for 20mins then turn onto a cooling rack.
7. To prepare the frosting: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed cream cheese and butter until smooth. Then slowly add in the powdered sugar and vanilla until it is smooth and creamy (do not overbeat).
8. Decorate as desire or sprinkle chopped nuts on top 
9. Recipe has been adapted from GemmaStafords Recipe via yt