Description:For starters...I'd like to say that this is not my recipe...
But on a recent trip to Sheffield to visit one of my dearest friends,
Huda I was given this recipe and even tried to make it while I was there.
As a self-proclaimed expert on carrot cakes (I have sampled them in almost every country I've visited) - I have to say that this was one of the BEST!!
I hope Hisham does not get upset that I've published this here...but I felt the need to share this...because it's sooo good.
I should also note that the version that Huda & I made (albeit very good already) was apparently not as good as Hisham makes it...so...there you go... :)
Ingredients:8oz soft brown sugar
175 ml sunflower oil
orange zest from 1 orange
3 eggs
10oz plain flour
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp grated nutmeg
1tsp bicarbonate soda
1tsp baking powder
8oz grated carrots
2oz chopped walnuts
Frosting
200g cream cheese
5tsp vanilla essence
115gr icing sugar
chopped walnut
Directions:Mix soft brown sugar + sunflower oil + orange zest + eggs one by one.
Sift plain flour + cinnamon + grated nutmeg + bicarbonate soda + baking powder
Mix both and mix in grated carrots + chopped walnuts
Bake for 65 min at 180degrees C
Frosting
Beat cream cheese + vanilla essence then add icing sugar bit by bit.
and frost cake then sprinkle chopped walnut on top
