2 medium carrots, grated

½ cup chopped walnuts

2 eggs

1 cup caster sugar

½ cup oil

½ tsp vanilla essence

1 cup plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

½ tsp mixed spice

For frosting:

1 ½ Tbs softened butter

3 Tbs cream cheese

1 tsp grated lemon rind

1 ½ cups sifted icing sugar

1

Preheat oven to 200°C.

2

Place all the ingredients apart from the carrots and the walnuts in a bowl. Beat on low speed until smooth. Stir in carrots and walnuts and mix well.

3

Pour mixture into well greased 20 cm ring tin. Bake at 200°C for 45 - 50 minutes.

4

When cold spread with frosting.

For frosting:

1

Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in lemon rind and icing sugar.

Serving size: Entire recipe (1370 grams).

Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.