Carrot cake

  Soft, low-calorie cake, with the goodness of fresh garden picked carrots. Make very good tea-time delicious and healthy bakery delights.

This winter I baked carrot cake  several times,each time I tried it with a different ingredient. I even tried baking it on a gas stove and also steaming it in a large pan half filled with boiling water. It was a very moist cake to be eaten as a dessert.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups finely grated carrots
• 2 cups refined flour
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups cooking oil
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 
• 1 cup finely chopped dates(natural sweetner)
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon (powdered)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

• In a mixing bowl add flour
•  add the baking powder,salt, baking soda and cinnamon Powder
• Slowly fold in , pouring the oil to form a batter,  and simultaneously slowly adding grated carrots.
• Now add the sugar,dates and half of the walnuts 
• pour into a greased mould and bake in a preheated oven at 180degrees for 40 minutes or till an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

To Steam.

Pour the batter into a greased mould and place it in a steamer , let it steam for two hours of till done.

For the  cream cheese frosting::

1 cup cream cheese

2-3 tsp powder sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

3 tsp  butter

Mix every thing in a bowl,lightly whipping it till it forms peaks. Spread evenly with a spatula and sprinkle walnuts.

Decorate it with sprigs from your garden.