Rosemary’s Reliable Carrot Cake

Name: Rosemary’s Reliable Carrot Cake
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 300 g (2 cups) plain flour; 250 ml (1 cup) vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons mixed spice; 2 teaspoons vanilla essence; ½ teaspoon vanilla essence; 90 g unsalted butter, softened; 465 g (3 cups) coarsely grated carrot; 90 g (1 cup) desiccated coconut; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 120 g (1 cup) chopped walnuts or pecans; finely grated zest of 1 lemon; 125 g cream cheese, softened; 440 g tinned crushed pineapple, strained; 60 g (½ cup) pure icing sugar; 440 g (2 cups) white sugar; ½ teaspoon ground ginger

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook

By Liz Harfull

Published 2014

About

Entering show competitions is not about the money. Even the most successful cooks rarely win enough to cover the cost of ingredients and entry fees. But it’s a completely different story at Sale if you happen to win the National Great Carrot Cake Contest. Victors in what has become one of Australia’s most lucrative cake competitions go home with an extraordinary $1000, thanks to the vision, energy and persuasive efforts of Rosemary Mowat.

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Oceania
Australia
Cake
Vegetarian

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