Carrot Cheese Cake

Cake
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts/pecans

Frosting
1/2 cup butter ( or4 oz/113.4g)
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 cups cream cheese (or 16 oz)
1 tsp orange/lemon essence

• preheat oven, 175 Celcius
• grease & flour the pan
• beat eggs, oil, white sugar, vanilla in a big bowl
• mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon
• stir in carrots, fold in walnuts/pecans
• pour into pan, bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean
• let cool in the pan for 10 mins, turn out on a wire rack and let cool completely

• mix all frosting ingredients until smooth & creamy

• Cut the cake into 3 layers, sandwich with the frosting

*original recipe from Lily's Wai Sek Hong