Spiced Carrot Cake

Recipes (continued)

Makes: 1 cake

2 cups grated carrot

2cups self-rising flour

1 ½ cups brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup walnuts, chopped

1 tablespoon orange zest

2teaspoons bicarbonate soda

2teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

4 eggs

ICING:

250g cream cheese, room temperature

50g butter, room temperature

3 cups icing sugar

1.Preheat oven to 180˚C. Grease and line a 23cm cake pan.

2.Using the beater attachments on Speed

4 beat all the cake ingredients until just combined.

3.Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until cooked through. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

4.ICING: Using the beater attachments on Speed 4, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add icing sugar over a 5 minute period.

5.Cover top and sides of cooled cake with icing. Serve.

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Makes: 1 cake

115g dark chocolate, chopped

½cup good quality cocoa powder

½cup hot water

1 ¾ cups caster sugar

1 ¾ cups plain flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

2 egg yolks

170g butter, room temperature

1 cup buttermilk

GANACHE:

600g dark chocolate, chopped

1 cup thickened cream

1.Preheat oven to 180˚C. Grease and line a 23cm cake pan.

2.In a heatproof bowl combine chocolate, cocoa powder and hot water. Place over a pan of simmering water. Add ½ cup of sugar and continue to stir until dissolved. Remove from heat. Set aside.

3.In a separate bowl sift flour, baking soda and salt.

4.Using the beater attachments on Speed 4 beat eggs and egg yolks until combined. Add remaining sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy.

5.On Speed 2, add chocolate mix and beat until thoroughly combined. Add butter and mix until incorporated. Add butter milk.

6.On Speed 1, add flour mixture and fold until just combined.

7.Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through. Allow cakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

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