Classic favourite that is easy to prepare and delicious. This is probably the best carrot cake I have ever had. I made a slight tweak by adding pineapple which made the cake moist and dense and the flavour was wonderful. 

BEST EVER CARROT CAKE

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You Will Need

1 cup Brown Sugar / 1 cawan gula perang

1 cup Vegetable Oil / 1 cawan minyak sayur

3 Large Eggs / 3 biji telur

Pinch Salt / secubit garam

1/2 teaspoon Bicarb Soda / 1/2 sdt soda

2 cups Self Raising Flour / 2 cawan tepung naik sendiri

2 cups finely grated Carrot (around 4 large carrots) / 2 cawan lobak merah parut lebih kurang dari 4 batang lobak

1 cup chopped pineapple (from the can) / 1 cawan nenas tin yang dicincang halus

1 cup dessicated coconut / 1 cawan kelapa kering

1/2 cup Walnuts, finely chopped / 1/2 cawan kacang walnut yang dicincang halus

1 teaspoon Cinnamon / 1 sdt serbuk kayu manis

1 teaspoon Nutmeg / 1 sdt serbuk pala

Cream Cheese Frosting

From Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

300g Icing sugar / 300 g gula ising

125g Cream Cheese, cold / 125 g krim keju

50g Unsalted Butter, room temp / 50 g mentega

DIRECTIONS

Cake

1. Heat oven to 180 degrees celsius. / Panaskan ketuhar pada 180 
2. Beat sugar and oil until thick, then add 1 egg at a time and keep beating for a few more minutes. / Pukul gula dan minyak sehingga pekat kemudian masukkan telur satu persatu dan pukul beberapa minit lagi
3. Add salt, bicarb soda, carrots, flour, walnuts and spices. / Masukkan garam, soda, carrots, tepung walnut, kelapa kering, rempah dan nenas.
4. Mix with wooden spoon until all combined. / gaul rata menggunakan senduk kayu
5. Put batter in well greased loaf pan or tin and bake for 35-45 minutes (cake) or 15-20 minutes (cupcakes), or until light golden and cake springs back when touched in the middle./Masukkan adunan dalam acuan dan bakar selama 35-45 minit bergantung kepada oven. Baking time might vary depending on your personal oven.

Frosting

1. Beat the icing sugar and butter together with an electric mixer until well mixed. / Pukul butter dan  gula ising
2. Add the cream cheese in one go and beat until it is completely incorporated. / Masukkan keju sehingga sebati
3. Turn the mixer up to medium high. Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy, at least 5 minutes. Do not overbeat, as it can quickly become runny. / Putarkan mixer pada medium dan terus pukul sehingga adunan mengembang lebih kurang 5 minit. Jangan terlalu lama

Klasik kek lobak merah yang lembap dan sedap. Resipi asal tidak meletakkan nenas..tetapi saya pernah melihat blog Ezani - Juara Master Chef Malaysia meletakkan nenas dan kelapa kering jadi saya membuat tambahan pada resipi asal dengan meletakkan nenas dan kelapa kering ternyata memang sedap.

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