10 April 2008

Papa's birthday cake

i decided to bake a carrot-apple cake for hubby's birthday. i was physically and mentally drained that night, couldn't do proper frosting. luckily the cake tasted good.

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Carrot-Apple Cake
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vege oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
2.5 cup plain flour
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 cups finely grated carrots
1 cup finely grated green apples
1.5 cup raisins

1. Sift flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
2. Combine oil, sugar and vanilla, beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
3. Add flour to the oil mixture. Mix well.
4. Stir in apple, carrots and raisins.
5. Pour batter into a greased 8" springform pan. Bake at 170oC for 1hour.
6. Cool in pain for 10min before removing from pan and cool on wire rack.
7. Cool completely before frosting.

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