Pineapple Carrot Cake …
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Ingredients …
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon bicarb soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 cup grated carrot
  • 1 x 440 g tin crushed pineapple, drained (reserve 2 tablespoons pineapple juice)
  • ¼ cup walnuts, broken into small pieces
  • ½ cup sultanas
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice
  • Cream Cheese Frosting …
  • 60g butter
  • 125 g packet cream cheese
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
  • ½ cup icing sugar
Method …
  1. Prepare a square cake tin (approximately 21cm x 21cm) by lightly spraying with oil and lining with baking paper. Preheat oven to 170C.
  2. In a large bowl, combine plain flour, baking powder, bicarb soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar.
  3. Add carrot, pineapple, walnuts and sultanas.
  4. Combine eggs, oil and reserved pineapple juice in a jug. Add to dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
  5. Bake for 35 – 40 minutes and test that cake is cooked by inserting a skewer, which should come out clean when removed.
  6. Remove from cake tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before icing.
  7. To make icing: in a separate bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and orange rind by hand until smooth. Beat in icing sugar until fluffy and then spread on cake.
Recipe by Mrs Organised at http://www.mrsorganised.com.au/2015/07/28/pineapple-carrot-cake/