HAVUÇLU KEK

CARROT CAKE

This cake is one of my favorites. My oldest sister, Dilek , used to bake it for me when I was single. I am married now and baking this cake to my son and my husband. They like it as much as I do :)


Ingredients:


For cake:

• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 3/4 cup of flour
• 2 cups of grated carrot
• 1/2 cup of crushed walnut
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1tbsp of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
  

For frosting:

• 2 cups of milk
• 3 tbsp of flour
• 4 tbsp of sugar

Preheat the oven to 350F.
In a large mixing bowl, take the eggs and sugar and mix it for 5 minutes with a mixer. Add flour, cinnamon, and baking soda to this mixture and mix them for another 5 minutes. Add carrot, walnut, and raisins to the bowl and stir them with a spoon until they are well combined. Pour this mixture to a 8" non-stick round cake pan and bake for 1 hour.Remove the pan from oven and allow the cake cool completely.
Meanwhile, in a medium pot, take milk, flour, and sugar for frosting. Mix them with a whisk and turn the heat to the high. Keep mixing until it starts bubbling and starts to be smooth.Turn the heat off allow it cool completly.
Pour the frosting on top of the cool cake and frost it.