Sour Cream Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ¼ cups self-raising flour
• ¾ cup almonds, ground
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 2 cups carrot, grated
• 2 Tbs glacé multicolour cherries (I like to replace these with walnuts)
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 200 g cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tsp lemon rind, grated
• ½ tsp vanilla essence

Method

• Preheat oven to 180°C.

• Beat eggs, brown sugar and sugar until thick and creamy, fold in flour, almonds, mixed spice, carrot, cherries and sour cream.

• Pour into greased and lined 23cm round cake pan.

• Bake for 40 minutes until cooked, cool slightly before turning out.

• Combine remaining ingredients, beat well, spread on top of cooled cake, refrigerate 1 hour.

• If desired, decorate with shredded coconut.

Servings: 10

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 40 minutes