Carrot Cake

About a year ago my wonderful sister in-law in Australia recommend me a cake book, Family Circle, Making Beautiful Cakes. It's been out of print for while but she swore by it's recipes. I managed to track down a copy and at her advice the first thing I tried was the carrot cake.

It was delicious, and when I say delicious I mean TO DIE FOR! Carrot cake can be heavy and quite sweet sometimes, but this recipe is absolutely perfect! We had friends around and they all fawned over the cake... and not just out of politeness. I'm telling you this recipe is a real winner! A few months ago I made a version that was a third of the original for a small personal cake for a friend's birthday and she was thrilled, it's a good gift! Luckily she also took a photo of it... phew!

I really don't want to mess with the recipe so I think it's best to take it directly from the book, though I will say, I tended to use slightly less carrot by about 25g. Here is a scan of the recipe.