{"id":2574,"date":"2013-12-18T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T00:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2013-12-20T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T05:52:49","slug":"carrot-walnut-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=2574","title":{"rendered":"Carrot Walnut Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I haven’t been able to find a carrot cake in Hong Kong which I can say I absolutely love, so I decided to try my hand at making one instead. Something which suits my requirements of being moist, contains walnuts, has a generous amount of cream cheese frosting, and more importantly, contains no raisins (I don’t like them).<\/p>\n

For this small cake, which fitted into a six-inch square pan, I used about 1 cup of flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup of grated carrot, 3\/4 cup vegetable oil, 2 dashes of salt, 3\/4 cup caster sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and one slice of crushed pineapple. The friend who gave me the recipe said the pineapple helps to keep the cake moist. I baked it in the oven at a medium heat setting for about 30 min. I don’t have a proper oven and rely solely on my mini toaster oven which only has a low, medium and high heat setting! The original recipe had called for 180 degree Celsius for 45min. I took the middle ground with my tiny oven and found that 30min was enough.<\/p>\n

For the cream cheese frosting, I mixed a small packet of cream cheese with some unsalted butter, caster sugar and vanilla essence.\u00a0 I just kinda guessed and estimated the amount I needed.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty pleased with the result for a maiden attempt. Next time I make it I will put more carrot, plus a tad more sugar and walnuts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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