Carrot Cake

Cake
Ingredients:
225g/8 oz wholemeal flour
225g/8 oz soft brown sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
Half a cup melted butter or oil
4 eggs
Half cup chopped walnuts (optional)
400g/14 oz finely grated carrot
Zest of an orange

Instructions
Mix together dry ingredients and then add the walnuts and carrots, mixing well. Beat the eggs and add the butter (or oil) and mix well. Pour the mixture into two, one pound rectangular loaf tins or one, two pound loaf tin. A nine inch round cake tin can also be used. Bake for an hour in a pre-heated oven at 180°C
Cool before icing.

Icing
Ingredients:
225g/8oz icing sugar
85g/3 oz cream cheese
One teaspoon vanilla essence (extract)
85g/3 oz butter or marg

Instructions:
Beat the ingredients together and decorate the top and the side with the icing.