Carrot Cake

Carrot cake 

giVEN RECIPE :

Ingredients:

Cake

100g brown sugar

75g plain flour

75g wholemeal flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs beaten

150g carrots finely grated

½ tsp ground cinnamon

85 ml corn oil

Ingredients: Icing

200g icing sugar

125g cream cheese

¼ cup lemon juice

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
2. Line and grease the loaf tin.
3. Put corn oil, eggs and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and beat till light and creamy.
4. Mix in sifted flour, wholemeal flour, ground cinnamon and baking powder at a low speed using an electric mixer or fold in mixture gradually with a tablespoon.
5. Add in grated carrots and stir well
6. Pour mixture in the loaf tin and bake on middle shelf for 20-25 minutes
7. While cake is baking, beat cream cheese until creamy. Then add the icing sugar and lemon juice.
8. Remove cake and cool it on the cooling rack.
9. Use the palette knife to spread icing on top of the cake.

A BETTER RECIPE :

Ingredients:

CAKE

1 1/2

cups brown sugar

1

cup vegetable oil

3

eggs

2

cups wholemeal self-raising flour

2

teaspoons ground cinnamon

1

teaspoon baking soda

1

teaspoon vanilla

1/2

teaspoon salt

3

cups shredded carrots (5 medium) 

1

cup coarsely chopped walnuts

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

1

package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/4

cup butter or margarine, softened

2

to 3 teaspoons milk

1

teaspoon vanilla

4

cups powdered sugar

Nutmeg, if desired

When it was done:

We made this yummy Carrot Cake during our Food and Consumer Education. We went to the kitchen in our school to do it.

What I did well during the practice:

I personally think that I did very well because when I made it, it was not burnt and the Carrot Cake batter rose. When I brought it home, it did not smell yet.

What I did I not do well during the practice:

I personally feel that I could have been more organised when making the Carrot Cake I should have been more focused, I was distracted by what others were doing and did not focus and my Carrot Cake tasted a little bit stale and hard when i brought it home and ate it.

How was my product:

I think that my product was very nicely done up.

How can I do better next time:

I should fill the cupcake holder with more of the Carrot Cake batter as when I took it out of the oven, it was quite small.