Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups veg. oil (not olive oil)
• 3 eggs
• 2 ¹⁄₄ self-raising flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons bread soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups of shredded carrot
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 18 ozs can crushed pineapples drained
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Method

Combine sugar, eggs and oil & vanilla in a bowl. Stir in flour, cinnamon, soda & salt - mix well. Add in carrot, coconut, pineapple and walnuts. Pout into a pan & coojk for about 50 minutes @ 170 degrees

9” x 13” tin

Frosting

• 6 ozs cream cheese @ room temperature
• ¹⁄₂ cup melted butter
• ¹⁄₄ cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
• 3 - 4 cups of icing sugar

Combine cheese, butter, milk, vanilla & salt in a bowl, blend well. Beat in enough sugar to make mix spreadable.