Easter chocolate carrot cake recipe
Easter chocolate carrot cake recipe from Vicky11 |
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Ingredients2 eggs200ml vegetable oil 200g dark chocolate (melted) 80g dark brown sugar 250g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp mixed spice 200g grated carrot 70g walnut (chopped) Decoration: 200g cream cheese 2 tbsp lemon juice 100g icing sugar 2 tbsp grated carrots 150g dark chocolate (melted and made into shapes) Roasted mixed whole nuts Icing sugar for dusting |
Handy HintUse a bunny rabbit pastry cutter to cut out the chocolate shapes for the decorations for and easter cake. |
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Method1. Grease and line a 6 in. round cake tin.2. Whisk egg and sugar together till light and fluffy. Add in oil and melted chocolate. Mix well. 3. Mix in carrots and all the dried ingredients. Mix well. 4. Transfer the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. Bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 minutes at 180C/350F/Gas 4. Cool on a wire rack. 5. To decorate: cream the cream cheese, lemon juice and icing sugar together. Spread the cream on top of the cooled down cake. Decorate with roast mixed nuts, chocolate shapes and grated carrots. Dust with icing sugar. 6. To make the chocolate shapes: spread half of the melted chocolate on a greaseproof paper. Leave to cool. Cut in shape using a knife or pastry cutter shapes. 7. Place the other half of the chocolate in a paper cone. Draw shapes using a template on a greaseproof paper. Pipe round the shapes with the chocolate in the paper cone. Leave to cool. When cool, peel off the paper and decorate the cake. | |||||||||||||||||||
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