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CARROT
CAKE 500g flour
3 tsp baking powder half cup brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 2 cloves, ground 1 tsp nutmeg 1 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 4 cups grated carrot 2 apples, grated 120g crushed nuts cup sultanas
FOR THe CReAM CHeeSe ICING 3½ cups icing sugar ½ cup cream cheese 1 tbsp orange zest ¼ cup butter
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bowl, combine all the wet ingredients. Then combine the contents of the two bowls. Don't overmix.
Combine all the dry ingredients for the cake in one bowl. In another
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Pour into a greased loaf tin. Bake in a 150°C oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile beat all the ingredients for the icing in a bowl until well
When the cake is cooked, cool it on a wire rack and top with the icing.
ORANGE &ALMOND CAKES 1
3 oranges, boiled and pureed 3 cups sugar 6 eggs
handful of slivered almonds
4½ cups almond meal 3 tsp baking powder ¾ cup poppyseeds zest of an orange
add them to the mix along with the oranges.
Combine all the dry ingredients and stir well. Beat the eggs and
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Pour into a greased loaf tin or individual patty tins. Bake in a 150°C oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Cool and top with some orange zest and toasted almonds.
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