CARROT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE ICING

Today I am presenting to you all a delicious Carrot Cake.Cakes made with carrot will be always tasty.I have prepared the cake and have given a chocolate icing for it.I feel chocolate icing will give more taste to a carrot flavored cake than other icings.Let us see the preparation.

                              INGREDIENTS

• Carrots                                - 2 long
• Maida                                  - 2  cup
• Sugar                                   - 1.5 cup       
• Oil                                        - 3/4 cup
• Baking powder                 -  1 Tbsp
• Vanila essence                  -  1 tsp
• Eggs                                     -  3

For chocolate icing

• Chocolate powder           -  1 cup
• Sugar                                 -  1 cup
• Milk                                   -  1/4 cup
• Butter                                -  50 gm
• Cashew crushed             -  3 tbsp

For chocolate cream

Take a saucepan add all the above ingredients together and mix well.Allow it to boil for 1 min. Set it to cool .Then spread it over the cooled cake.

To decorate

Cherrys and sugar powder

                        METHOD

•  Measure the maida and keep it ready.

•  Add Baking powder and sieve it.

•  Peel the carrots and cut into small cubes.

•  Take a long jar of the mixer and add the carrot cubes to it.

•  Gently chopp it and add sugar to it.

•  Add eggs to it.

•  Add vanila essence to it.

•  Add oil to it.Blend it well for 3 mins.

•  Add maida to it.

•  Blend it well.The mixture consistency  should be in a  ribbon fold form.

•  Pour it to greased butter paper layed tray.

•  Tap it well.

•  Bake it at 170--180 degrees  for 30 mins or till it is done.

• Allow it to cool.

• Spread the chocolate cream over the cake. allow it to drop it on the sides.

• Garnish it according to your taste.

ENJOY!!!