Hiroko Liston
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
Melbourne, Australia

My quest for the best Carrot Cake recipe started when I tasted one slice of Carrot Cake on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Melbourne. I was coming home from Japan with my young children. It was a very long trip and I was extremely tired. The slice of cold and moist Carrot Cake tasted absolutely delicious and I wanted to recreate the cake by myself. I tried some recipes, altered some of them and now I have one great recipe to share with you.

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Ingredients

About 20cm Cake
  1. 1 & 1/2 cups Self-Raising Flour (*OR Plain Flour 1 & 1/2 cups & Baking Powder 1 teaspoon)
  2. 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  3. 1/2 cup Caster Sugar
  4. 1/2 teaspoon Salt *necessary!
  5. 2-3 teaspoons Cinnamon
  6. 3 cups Grated Carrots *tightly packed
  7. 1/2 cup Crushed Pineapple *drained well and tightly packed
  8. 1/2 cup Sultana Raisins
  9. 1/2 cup Walnuts *coarsely chopped
  10. 2 Large Eggs
  11. 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil *Note: Butter doesn’t work for this cake!
  12. 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 180C. Line a cake tin with baking paper. Grate plenty of carrots. If you can't get Crushed Pineapple, just finely chop up pineapple.

  2. 2

    Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until cooked through. *Note: If cupcakes, bake for 25 to 30 minutes. DO NOT overcook. DO NOT leave the cake in the oven to cool.

  3. 3

    Let it cool completely. This cake tastes better when cold.

  4. 4

    If you want frosting or icing, traditionally Cream Cheese Frosting is nice for this cake. The cake tastes great without the frosting.

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StephieCanCook
StephieCanCook @StephieCooks
Okay, now I swear these apps can all read minds. I was literally just THINKING about how I have t made carrot cake in forever and how delicious it sounds right now, then BOOM this recipe is the first one on the page when I open up Cookpad. Definitely think it's a sign and I'll be trying this recipe very soon. 😁

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Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
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I started writing my recipes to pass them on to my children. Now I am sharing them with everyone on my website www.hirokoliston.com
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