Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, dad's carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Dad's Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Dad's Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have dad's carrot cake using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Dad's Carrot Cake:

1. Take Cake
2. Take 3 eggs
3. Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
4. Make ready 2 cup plain flour
5. Make ready 1 cup white sugar
6. Take 3 tsp baking soda
7. Prepare 1 tsp ground cinnamon
8. Take 2 tsp ground ginger
9. Take 1 cup chopped walnuts
10. Prepare 2 cup grated carrot
11. Prepare 1 can crushed pineapple in juice, drained
12. Take Cream Cheese Icing
13. Prepare 200 grams cream cheese
14. Prepare 150 grams butter
15. Get 1 zest and juice of 1 lemon
16. Take 1 icing sugar

It wasn't something either of us grew up eating. Thanks to this easy recipe, we fell in love. You can make this cake quickly without lots of fancy equipment. Not only is this the best-tasting carrot cake we've made, but it's a cinch to make.

Steps to make Dad's Carrot Cake:

1. preheat oven to 180ºC, grease and line a 20cm springform cake tin.
2. beat eggs until frothy and add oil.
3. sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger, add sugar and fold through egg mixture.
4. mix in walnuts, carrot and drained pineapple until combined.
5. bake for approximately 45 minutes. cake should be dark golden on top and feel firm to the touch. set aside and allow to cool (as it is a very moist cake, I don't recommend testing it by inserting a knife or skewer as it won't come out clean, even when the cake is cooked)
6. for the icing: combine room temperature butter and cream cheese with a food processor or electric mixer. add lemon juice and zest, then add icing sugar until it reaches your desired consistency (should be slightly runny as it firms up)
7. once cake is mostly cool, ice and serve.

You can make this cake quickly without lots of fancy equipment. Not only is this the best-tasting carrot cake we've made, but it's a cinch to make. Top this classic carrot cake with moreish icing and chopped walnuts or pecans. Serve as a sweet treat with a cup of tea any time of the day. However, once iced with cream cheese frosting, they should be stored in the fridge.

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